UCU: Fighting for social housing

Motion

Motion text: Congress notes:
1. Plans to sell off the land of current council housing in Druids Heath,
Birmingham, with no intention to replace like-for-like. Instead, the current
1200 council properties will be replaced with only 400 homes for social
rent.
2. Overall, 1800 homes will be demolished and replaced with 3500 properties,
51% of which will be designated “affordable” i.e. up to 80% of market rents.
3. The campaign of local residents to challenge these proposals.
4. That similar plans are being resisted in other authorities, for example in
London where all the council housing stock is at risk.
Congress resolves:
a. To donate £500 in support of the local campaign in Druids Heath.
b. For UCU to actively campaign to protect social housing and fully support
similar local campaigns to resist attacks on social housing.