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The sharp end of the housing crisis

Survey reveals housing workers are battered by stress, overwork, violence, and lack of support. Without urgent investment, councils will continue to struggle

Article on the UNISON National site.

Firm Foundations: ask the expert

Sylvia Jones, UNISON’s housing policy expert, addresses several major issues in the housing sector and how UNISON is responding

Firm Foundations part three: the history of council housing

As the housing crisis deepens, Simon Jackson looks back at the history of council housing and how it can inform the future

Firm foundations part two: the crippling cost of the crisis

In the second of our series on the UK housing crisis, Simon Jackson examines two key symptoms – the impact on health and homelessness

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Firm Foundations – housing: a basic human right

In the first of a series on the UK housing crisis, Simon Jackson explores the many issues involved, what the government intends to do about them, and what UNISON is doing

Homes for all – housing day of action

A day of action on 11 February will call on the Westminster government to fund a rent freeze and end evictions during the cost of living crisis

Article on the UNISON National site.
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The government’s new housing proposals are ‘flawed’, says UNISON

The union calls on people to respond to the government’s consultation on it’s new scheme, which will not solve the housing crisis

Article, News on the UNISON National site.
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‘We are in the business of protecting the most vulnerable people’

Community conference sets out key policies in social care, housing, health and safety and much more

Article on the UNISON National site.
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UNISON calls for safe, decent and affordable homes for all

Union demands a housing policy that works for working people as it publishes a manifesto for a new decade

Article, News on the UNISON National site.

Local government workers can’t afford to live in the towns they serve

Housing is out of reach for public service workers, declares local government conference

News on the UNISON National site.