Securing the future of England’s council housing report
The report aims to help ensure that councils can provide more, and better, publicly owned housing.
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Our work leading up to the council housing report
In March 2024, we hosted a summit of 20 of the largest council landlords in England. Read more about the summit.
Our work led to the agreement of a set of recommendations, and we launched our interim report straight after the July 2024 General Election.
Following the launch of the interim report, we:
- joined with key partners in the broader social housing sector
- wrote to the new Deputy Prime Minister, Angela Rayner, asking her to urgently meet with us to discuss our shared challenges and solutions
As a result of our joint letter we met with Angela Rayner and Housing Minister, Matt Pennycook, on 31 July 2024, alongside partner councils and council and social housing sector representatives.
Our interim report was strongly welcomed by many of our peers, and our final report is signed by over 100 councils. The scale of this cross-party coalition of authorities shows:
- how urgent our challenges are
- how much support there is for our recommendations
We continue to work with these 100 councils and are engaging with central government, MPs and other organisations to make the case for our solutions.