LTF is hosting a conference with Camden Housing Association Residents Group (CHARG) for housing association tenants from across London. Key details: Date: Saturday 28 January 2023 Time: 10 am – 1:30 pm Location: Zoom; please email sarah@londontenants.org to book. Resources will be posted as produced. Conference…

Page updated post our 2022 conference Our 2022 Zoom conference – A London That Meets Our Needs – was held with the London Federation of Housing Coops and the National Federation of TMOs on Saturday 26th November We looked(in the AM session) at development & growth in London over the…

In recent Central Corridor sub-regional network meetings, tenant representatives have discussed how living near the Central Activities Zone impacts their communities. As a result, the network has been collectively mapping the places where local authority and housing association tenants think investment should be prioritised, producing alternative map…

The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee launched an inquiry into the quality and regulation of social housing in England with a call for evidence in November 2021. The committee received and published 102 written submissions (including from the London Tenants Federation). It then invited a range of private…

Since 2020 annual social housing rent increases have been set at CPI + 1% With current high inflation rates (CPI being 10.1%), housing rent increases for 2023/24 would likely be 11,1%. In response, the government is consulting on a proposed direction from the Secretary of State to the Regulator…

On 7th September 2022, the London Assembly Planning and Regeneration committee held the first of two meetings about the future of planning in London. The committee had invited civic and community groups to the meeting to comment on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the communities they work…

Key info: Date: 28 July Time: 2 pm – 3 pm Where: Zoom, email sarah@londontenants.org for the Zoom link Topic: Project-specific meeting — updates on the Central Corridor network’s work collectively mapping an alternative to the Mayor’s Central Activities Zone (‘CAZ’) Action items: (1) Help identify council and housing…

Thursday, 28th April, 6:30 pm — South London Sub-Regional (Zoom) Meeting    Accessing legal support and building stronger, organised social housing tenants’ voices in South London: Rhiannon Hughes (South West London Law Centres) will join us to discuss how the law and legal representatives can support tenants’…

In our efforts to support and strengthen social housing tenants’ voices in London, we have established a new non-voting membership for individual tenants and residents’ associations, tenant managed organisations and co-operatives, in addition to our core membership. We are also providing more opportunities for tenants’ representatives to share, exchange and…

LTF started 2022 with two new 3-day-a-week staff members who will work with our coordinator, members and directors to deliver our new and continued grant-funded projects. This work includes: organising LTF sub-regional meetings (in addition to our core members’ general meetings, events and conferences) and developing tenant networks focused on…