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Archive for the ‘Housing’ Category

What have the Green Councillors done for Central Ward?

3rd April, 2010

Rob Unwin, local election candidate for Central Ward, made this presentation to the Sheffield Green Party Election Rally last Monday. (It is a pdf so you will need acrobat reader to open it.) Read more

Refurbish, don’t demolish

26th March, 2010

Dear Sir, Waiting lists continue to spiral upwards as Sheffield missed its affordable homes target in 2008/9 by 532, with just 197 built (Star 22March). In fact, practically no new social housing has been built since 1980 and the few ... Read more

Green budget would create jobs

6th March, 2010

GREEN BUDGET WOULD CREATE JOBS The Green Party say that their budget proposals would create jobs in energy saving and regeneration, waste reduction and food production, as well as saving Council jobs that are under threat. The money would come ... Read more

Green Party Budget Amendment 2010

5th March, 2010

This council: 1. Believes that the main challenges facing Sheffield, as the rest of the world, are the gross inequalities between rich and poor and the twin threats of resource depletion and climate change; 2. Has a vision for Sheffield ... Read more

Green party welcomes tighter controls on flats and bedsits

9th February, 2010

Sheffield Green Party has welcomed the Government’s decision to introduce stronger planning controls on the number of properties being turned into bedsits and other types of houses in multiple occupation (HMO).  The Greens called for tighter controls when a national ... Read more

How to save lives, money, jobs and the planet

26th November, 2009

What will you do to reduce the energy bill in your home as winter takes hold? Gas and electricity charges have risen over 60% in real terms since 2000. This means that you could be paying more than your Council ... Read more

Local Green Party calls for more controls on houses becoming flats and bedsits

11th August, 2009

greater control of HMOs would benefit communities Read more

Council Officers prevent “warm homes”

21st June, 2009

Dear Editor I agree with Paul License that many council houses are badly designed (Hitting brick wall on council homes, Star 19th June). The maisonettes on the Hanover and Lansdowne Estates, built in the 1960s and 70s, sorely need renovation. ... Read more

Green Party get Sheffield into fast track mortgage scheme

3rd December, 2008

Sheffield City Council has passed a Green Party amendment at their full council meeting (Dec 3) to ask to be included in the Government’s £200 million Mortgage Rescue scheme. The scheme will help up to 6,000 of  the most vulnerable ... Read more

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