Two years on from the publication of the Green Paper, and three years on from the Grenfell Tower fire which prompted it, the Social Housing White Paper was published on 17th November. You can find the document, described as a ‘charter for social housing residents’, here. A summary of…

The London Tenants Federation has expressed disbelief at tenants’ exclusion from the Deputy Mayor for Housing’s new taskforce for the recovery of London’s housing sector after lockdown.

‘Joined-up working’, ‘resilience’ and ‘sustainability’ have been buzzwords in the social housing and social care worlds for the past decade or more. One tenants' federation's response to the Coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated these ideals with exception. Here are three things they are doing to help communities in their borough.

There was good news for residents of a 750-home estate in west London before Christmas, as they defeated a threat of demolition which they had fought for over ten years.

Ahead of the election on 12th December, we pick out some of the key policies for social housing tenants from each of the main parties' manifestos.

One of our Reps, Pat Turnbull, was recently published in Act Local, a collection of essays by Centre for London. This was her contribution.

Pat Turnbull makes the case for better investment in local tenant democracy.

London Tenants Federation (LTF) are calling for 40,000 new social rented homes to be built each year in London for the next ten years to address the city’s housing crisis. In their statement, A positive future for social housing in London, published ahead of the Social Housing Green Paper,…

Among many other failings, the Grenfell Tower fire of 14th June 2017, revealed the worst possible consequences of landlords repeatedly failing to seek out or listen to the views of their tenants. On 24th May 2018, London Tenants Federation held an open mic session with the London Assembly to…

London Tenants Federation is calling for policy changes around the way that tenants are involved in decisions made about their homes, following the Grenfell tower blaze. Current practices have left social-tenants increasingly isolated and have made it harder for them to get their collective voices heard. In the instance of…