 Affordable housing – not executive homes in dead zones!
Dear Green Party campaigner This month, we have one urgent call to action, on the government’s hugely destructive Planning & Infrastructure Bill. This is a property developers’ charter that strips away vital protections for the natural world without helping to provide the affordable social housing we so desperately need. But it can still be amended to remove its most damaging aspects – and our Green peers are busy trying to do this right now! Our flatpack campaign gives you tools to bring pressure on your local MP to support positive amendments that are likely to be introduced by the House of Lords. We know that many of you will want to take action to protect the natural world from a Bill that the Wildlife Trusts describe as a “licence to destroy”! In solidarity, Green Party Campaigns Committee
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When people hear about Green policies to address the housing crisis and stop landlords exploiting their tenants, they really like them. So let’s make sure more people know about these! That’s the idea of this month’s campaign flatpack. It includes an eye-catching ‘Housingometer’ tool you can use to engage the public in conversation on housing and highlight local support for rent controls and other measures. As well as model press releases, council motions and lots more! Big news on Zane’s Law This month brings a major development in the campaign for a ‘Zane’s Law’ to make toxic landfill safe – an issue powerfully dramatized by the recent Netflix series Toxic Town. A parliamentary summit on 11 June, convened by Baroness Natalie Bennett, will bring together campaigners from around the country along with trade unions, scientists and legal experts. Real pressure is mounting for a change in the law – big thanks to all who have taken action using our flatpack from last year! Very best wishes, Green Party Campaigns Committee PS: Many Green councillors are picking up casework from tenants facing poor housing conditions and exploitative landlords. If you’re taking action using our housing flatpack, do also use local newspapers, radio and TV and Green Party newsletters to tell these stories and highlight how active we are in helping people facing these issues in our communities!  This week, the Green Party won a council seat from Labour in Haringey with a massive 55% of the vote!
Voters can see that Labour is failing to keep its promise of positive change, and is instead pushing through austerity cuts that are penalising those who can least afford it – the poor and the disabled. We know that many Labour councillors – and some MPs – are just as disillusioned with the Labour Party. In recent weeks, several Labour councillors have come over to the Greens. As one of them said: “Labour has lost its way. It does not have a vision for fixing our broken economy that’s fit for the 21st century.” We’re hoping to see more Labour councillors listen to their conscience and join a party that stands for real hope and real change. Or, if they’re not ready to take that step, at least to resist their party’s shameful attack on the disadvantaged. Take action now to push them to stand up for what they truly believe in. Let's put a stop to austerity for once and for all. We've created this month’s campaign flatpack to give you ways to help make this happen. Yours in hope Green Party Campaigns Committee One tip to add immense impact to your campaign - from Tom Scott, Green Party Campaigns Coordinator:
Think about communities and interest groups beyond your usual circle of acquaintances who you might be able to get onside. When I was campaigning with Friends of the Earth against a massive and environmentally very damaging dredge that was being planned by my local harbour authority, getting local fishermen on board was absolutely crucial in moving public opinion (which has initially been strongly in favour of the dredge). As part of the campaign, we organised a big public meeting, to which we invited marine biologists, environmental organisations, fishermen and representatives of the harbour authority. Hearing the fishermen describe the effects of the last (smaller) dredge on local fish stocks was absolutely crucial in moving public opinion, and preventing the dredge from being carried out as planned. Hearing their stories, simply and passionately told, was more effective in emotive terms than the scientific evidence presented by the marine biologists, strong as that was. Tom Scott PS: Amid so much grim news of austerity cuts to council budgets and the government’s shameful decision slash development aid to the world’s poorest, it’s good to see more former Labour councillors coming over to the Greens. If you know any Labour councillors who may be feeling they’re in the wrong party, do send them this recent article by four brilliant Green councillors - it might persuade them there is a better way! |
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