tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84806833701522601072011-06-08T07:40:19.500+01:00Birmingham Defend Council HousingThe campaign AGAINST the sale and privatisation of council housing.BDCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590109815657224004noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480683370152260107.post-71159836844769414152007-04-11T20:16:00.000+01:002007-04-11T20:17:54.049+01:00Composite 10 passed at the 2006 Labour Party Conference read….“…. Conference reminds government of the clear 2005 manifesto commitment "By 2010 we will ensure that all social tenants benefit from a decent, warm home with modern facilities."A Labour government cannot leave council tenants who have rejected privatisation without improvements.Conference believes that decent, affordable, secure and accountable council housing can make an important contribution BDCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590109815657224004noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480683370152260107.post-34989420320779766502007-04-11T20:14:00.000+01:002007-04-11T20:15:59.167+01:0010 questions to ask your local council candidates....10 questions to ask your local council candidates in the forthcoming local elections and candidates involved in internal party selections.Let us, at BDCH, know how they respond - Do you consider providing decent, affordable, secure and accountable council housing as an important part of public services?Do you think that existing council homes and estates should be improved to at least meet the BDCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590109815657224004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480683370152260107.post-21525795046208849872007-04-11T20:09:00.000+01:002007-04-11T20:12:39.420+01:00What we want: The Fourth Option – direct investment to improve existing and build new council housing.The Fourth Option is an alternative to the government’s three privatisation options of:Stock transferPFIs (Private Finance Initiatives)ALMOs (arm's-length management organisations)PFIs and ALMOs are privatisation in two stagesThe Fourth Option could be funded by adopting the following principles:-Ring fence all the money that belongs to council housing (tenants rents, ‘right to buy’ and other BDCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590109815657224004noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8480683370152260107.post-40846647357666608352007-03-06T14:27:00.000Z2007-03-06T14:40:07.369ZThe campaign AGAINST the sale and privatisation of council housing.BDCH led 2 highly successful campaigns against the governments plan to sell-off our homes - The stock transfer ballot 2001 and the options appraisal of 2006.Despite the government and council wasting vast amounts of our money on glossy propaganda and highly paid consultants putting across a one sided argument WE WON.Despite this they are still trying to get rid of our council homes and secure BDCHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11590109815657224004noreply@blogger.com0