Leeds Housing Crisis: why isn't regeneration delivering affordable housing?
* Home ownership is not an option for at least 30% of people in Leeds
* By 2016, Leeds could have lost 20,000 more council homes to demolition and privatisation
* 31,000 people are on the housing register
What is Leeds City Council's strategy for delivering affordable homes? Why is the council demolishing council homes in a city with an affordable housing crisis? Can PFI and other public-private partnerships regenerate housing estates and deliver affordable housing at the same time?
The School of Geography at the University of Leeds is hosting a public debate with a top panel of speakers:
* Austin Mitchell MP, chair of the House of Commons Council Housing Group
* Paul Langford, chief housing officer, Leeds City Council
* Michael Hall, chair, Leeds Tenants Federation
* plus tenants groups, trade unionists and academic researchers
FRIDAY 23RD FEBRUARY, 6-9PM RUPERT BECKETT LECTURE THEATRE, MICHAEL SADLER BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS
*Free admission, nibbles and refreshments
Organised by School of Geography and Leeds Public Housing Network For more information, contact Stuart Hodkinson on s.n.hodkinson@leeds.ac.uk
