Decent homes for everyone

I welcomed the chance to hear from local residents on Page High and the Sandlings the issues of importance to them. Thanks to Cllr Peray Ahmet, Cllr Emine Ibrahim, council and Sanctuary staff for joining our estate walkabout and to everyone who took the time to chat to us.

The UK currently faces a housing crisis. Since 2010 we’ve seen a steep drop in investment for new affordable homes; billions of pounds cut from housing benefit; inaction on short-term lets; soaring rents in the private rented sector; and significant cuts to funding for homelessness services.

Housing is consistently the number one issue residents contact me about in my regular advice surgeries, with many thousands of families in Hornsey & Friern Barnet struggling in desperately overcrowded homes.

It’s not good enough and a Labour Government will act – reforming planning rules to build the homes, including the genuinely affordable homes, we need and delivering rental reform and security for private tenants.

My latest updates on this issue

Millions of people are living in overcrowded and mouldy homes – why won’t the Government fix the housing crisis?

Following my Parliamentary debate on housing overcrowding, I was asked to write for the Parliament Politics on why this issue is so important. Read my article in full here: “This week, I led a Westminster Hall Debate on Social Housing Occupancy Levels, an issue I have been campaigning on since…

Decent homes for everyone

My latest updates on this issue

Millions of people are living in overcrowded and mouldy homes – why won’t the Government fix the housing crisis?

My letter to the Secretary of State: leaseholders urgently need reform

WATCH: Catherine calls for more council homes to tackle the housing crisis

The last desperate act of a party that’s failed: my response to Budget 2024

9,700 families in Hornsey & Wood Green hit by Tory mortgage penalty

Warm home discount and damp and mouldy homes