Thread by @Dave4Erdington

Working-class people in Erdington have been thrown under the bus for years now by the council and property developers. While luxury apartments appear in the city centre, social housing declines elsewhere.

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To combat the housing crisis we need a mass programme of high-quality council house building and repairs to tackle the waiting list of over 18,000 households and the tens of thousands more who have been excluded from even joining the waiting list.

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By Birmingham City Council's own estimate there are currently enough brownfield sites available for 45,000 new homes in Birmingham.

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TUSC calls on the council to use its powers to compulsorily purchase this land to build the next generation of environmentally sustainable council homes on these sites.

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Rogue landlords have made a packet by filling our streets with unfit HMOs and other rented accommodation, with their tenants and the wider community suffering as a result.

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We say time for the council to use its powers to set up a compulsory register of private landlords and refuse to recognise those letting out substandard housing or with a history of rent hikes and unfair evictions.

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If you agree, it's easy to get involved in the Dave Nellist Erdington by-election campaign. Just head to nellistforerdington.com/join.html

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And can you spare a donation to support TUSC? Unsurprisingly, we have no big business backers, so all donations big and small are gratefully received over at nellistforerdington.com/donate.html

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