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We are a coalition of tenants, home owners, community activists, and trade unionists based in Leeds (UK) campaigning for genuinely decent and affordable housing for all, and fighting against housing privatisation, gentrification, demolitions and community destruction brought by 'regeneration'.
About Us
Housing in the news
- Ombudsman strikes again, 14/04/09
- Demolition threatened New Wortley residents draw up estate vision, 07/04/09
- Split over empty homes, 03/04/09
- Council chief's criticism beggars belief, 02/04/09
- Defiant dad says: 'We won't be bulldozed away', 28/03/09
- Looking for answers on empty homes, 26/03/09
- Council raps minister over empty homes, 26/03/09
- Linfoot developer in administration, 26/02/09
- 17,557 empty houses in Leeds, 17/02/09
- Progress of the new tenant-focused affordable housing body, 11/02/09
- Plans to shake up housing sector & survive economic downturn, 11/02/09
- Council plough £2m into EASEL, 06/02/09
- Residents unite to fight for better deal from council, 06/02/09
- Fury over eviction of 'older single women' threat, 05/02/09
- Leeds councillors urge for money for affordable homes, 04/02/09
- Friends vow to be last to leave Leeds estate before demolition, 02/02/09
- Call to evict the 'house hoggers', 02/02/09
- Time for a bold move on housing, 02/02/09
- Pledge to lift curbs on council building more homes, 30/01/09
- Measures to help get Leeds builders back to work, 29/01/09
- £4m kick start for homes launched by Leeds City Council, 29/01/09
- EASEL - project that fails to deliver, 20/01/09
- Extra income to help councils build more homes, 21/01/09
- Investors vote against bonuses for Bellway board, 17/01/09
- Defiant residents in W. Yorkshire - 'no power will move us from our homes', 17/01/09
- Leeds regeneration plan struggles but bosses get big bonuses, 13/01/09
- Wakefield residents resist council plans to demolish homes, 09/01/09
- Leeds pacts to fight repossessions, 08/01/09
- Leeds council houses unsafe, 05/01/09
- Good news for council tenants - EASEL in jeopardy, 22/12/08
- Plans submitted to Government to save £1bn EASEL project, 19/12/08
- £1bn EASEL scheme to revive Leeds under threat from credit crunch, 17/12/08
- £1bn revival of Leeds under threat - EASEL background, 17/12/08
- Fears that Leeds homes could miss out on repairs cash, 11/12/08
- Questioning Easel's ability to deliver local jobs, 27/11/08
- Don't put tenants in jeopardy - housing provision in Leeds, 15/11/08
- 81,000 homes in Leeds fail to meet decent standard, 11/11/08
- MPs forecast Leeds 'ghetto', 11/11/08
- Three-week wait for Yorks mortgage help, 10/11/08
- Market crash to put end to building social housing? 07/11/08
- Survey rocks housebuilders' foundations - shares in housing companies decline, 19/08/08
- Credit crunch could herald return of council housing, 13/08/08
- Shortlist for new housing project - Little London, Beeston & Holbeck, 09/08/08
- Building nightmare for family from Leeds, 12/07/08
- The rise & fall of new developments in Leeds, 12/07/08
- Barratt to cut jobs after sales slump, 11/07/08
- Homes gloom worse than 1990s, 08/07/08
- Housebuilding crisis deepens - Taylor Wimpey rescue package shunned, 03/07/08
- Housebuilders suffer 60% slump due to mortgage market, 21/06/08
- Thousands in Leeds left out of pocket by the buy-to-let crash, 08/05/08
- Indefinite wait for social housing, 30/01/08
- Action needed on owed city's social housing crisis
- Cash for social housing hits record
- Cash is available for most in need
- Coal sites could spark homes boom – minister
- Council bought them for £1.5 million ... and next year they face the bulldozers
- Homes crisis that must be tackled
- House prices 'set to fall next year'
- Leeds to build council houses for first time in three decades, 6/12/07
- Housing associations losing touch with founding values, 05/12/07
- The great housing swindle, 04/12/07
- Lenders who push home buyers into a life of debt
- Build 3 million homes or leave families in Dickensian misery, 27/11/07
- War of words erupts over homes plans, 18/10/07
- Housing for elderly must be a priority, 11/10/07
- How one old house will transform lives, 10/10/07
- Bereaved son told to leave his council house, 28/09/07
- Hat-trick of awards for house designer's green credentials, 19/09/07
- Council house attracts record 490 applicants, 23/08/07
- Why oppose the right to buy?, 23/08/07
- Don't blame housing problems on migrant workers, 21/08/07
- Market madness as homes shortage grows, 21/08/07
- Open-door pressure on housing, 17/08/07
- A shameful Blair legacy on housing, 14/08/07
- Housing blame game, 13/08/07
- '£51m windfall could build new homes', 10/08/07
- Get Carter... Labour anger over housing, 06/08/07
- Plan to unlock more land for cheap homes, 25/07/07
- Land of the rich, 23/07/07
- Waiting list families may get new homes, 13/07/07
- Warning for council over house costs
- £100m flats plan scrapped
- Priced out of the housing market, 07/06/07
- Tough home truths, 06/06/07
- Crisis call for new council houses, 04/05/07
- House price boom, 23/04/07
- Key workers face housing problem , 13/04/07
- House prices rise at the double, 13/04/07
- 2,000 homes to be built in council deal, 09/03/07
- Building up false hope, 06/03/07
- House is harming our boy's health, 15/02/07
- Ideas that hold the key to affordable housing, 08/02/07
- Car family now have a house of their own, 02/02/07
- Houses half price, 02/02/07
- 'Stop bulldozing our council homes', 31/01/07
- Refurb no laughing matter, 31/01/07
- Families are moving back to Headingley, 27/01/07
- The heartache behind the headlines, 23/01/07
- Yorks lags behind in housing market, 22/01/07
- Landlords lose out in public-sector housing scandal, 19/01/2007
- UK house prices are now at new high, 19/01/07
- Concerns over refurb of housing estates, 18/01/07
- 15,000 Leeds homes 'left unoccupied', 10/01/07
- Housing must be a priority, 10/01/07
- Scandal of homes shortage, 09/01/07
- 32,000 wait for a home, 08/01/07
- New council homes must be a priority, 05/01/07
- £60m plans to revive Jewish housing estate, 01/08/07
- Residents out in cold as luxury city flats stand empty, 23/12/06
- Santa 'can spoil house sales', 18/12/06
- Residents grill council over homes demolition, 28/11/06
- The sky's the limit, 08/07/06
Campaigns
- Armley Tourist Board
- Camden PFI
- Defend Council Housing
- Edinburgh Against Stock Transfer
- Empty Homes Agency
- Fight for Our Homes / HUT
- Goole Action Group
- Hackney Independent
- Homes not Houses - Glasgow
- International Alliance of Habitants
- Kirkstall Mills
- Kirkstall Valley Campaign
- Leeds HMO Lobby
- London Leaseholders Network
- London Tenants Federation
- New Wortley Residents Action Group
- Pepys Tenants Action Group
- Quiggins vs Liverpool Culture Capital
- Rowner Destruction - Gosport
- Save Corn Exchange
- Save Corn Exchange Blog
- Save Little London
- Save Our Streets, Carlisle
- Shelter
- Tayside Tenants - Dundee
- The Land is Ours
- Unison - Hands off Housing
Local housing links
Info Resources
- Our EASEL map
- Autonomous Geographies Project
- Big Issue in the North
- Centre for Housing Policy
- Chapter 7
- Community Legal Services Direct
- European Services Strategy Unit
- Funder Finder
- Gentrification website
- Housing Resources Guide
- Inside Housing Magazine
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Leeds-Bradford Indymedia
- National Tenants Resource Centre
- New Start Magazine
- Planners Network UK
- Regeneration and Renewal
- The Land is Ours
- Yorkshire Evening Post
Research on Leeds Housing
- Demand for Social Housing in Leeds 2006
- Leeds Housing Market Assessment 2007
- City Living in Leeds 2007
- How Affordable is Affordable? 2008
- Leeds Housing Market: Perceptions of Change 2003
- Interpreting Housing Market Change: The Case of Leeds 2004
- Improving the Residential Offer in Leeds City Region 2006
- The Private Rented Sector in West Yorkshire 2008