Thursday, February 08, 2007

Leeds Housing Crisis meeting, February 2007

Hot on the heels of Leeds Tenants Federation's excellent public debate on the future of social housing last Saturday is this major public meeting at the University of Leeds on Friday 23 February.

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 , 0113-343-1820

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good for people to know.