Housing
Council leadership must take action to address Hanover tower whitewash
1st October 2020
After the horror of the Grenfell fire in June 2017, senior Sheffield Council officials moved quickly to reassure tenants that all its tower blocks were safe. They soon back-tracked after plastic cladding on Hanover Tower in Broomhall failed fire safety tests.
New report reveals council officers ordered combustible cladding for Hanover Tower block
22nd September 2020
Green Councillors have released a short report about the combustible cladding on Hanover Tower in Sheffield.
Hanover Tower cladding – report of Sheffield Green Party
22nd September 2020
Sheffield Green Party’s report into Hanover Tower cladding
“Housing policy: it wasn’t working before. What now?”
13th May 2020
Monday May 18th 8:30pm to 9:30pm – Sheffield’s Green peer Natalie Bennett talks to Reach Homes founder, innovative housing builder Jon Johnson + Q&A
Green Party proposals to February’s Council
4th February 2020
Green Party councillors have submitted a raft of proposals to the full meeting of Sheffield City Council in February
Greens call for openness on fire safety
28th March 2019
Green councillors are calling for greater openness on fire safety to make homes safer – and for the government to fund replacement cladding.
Broomhill & Sharrow Vale – November / December 2018
11th November 2018
Magid supports local charities Cllr Magid Magid aims to help and inspire people of all ages and backgrounds as Lord…
Green councillor welcomes call for greater transparency from housing developers
19th September 2018
Councillor Kaltum Rivers has welcomed the strong support received by a petition calling for the council to demand greater transparency from developers when making claims about the affordability of housing
Heart of the City – Unaffordable?
15th March 2018
The new Heart of the City 2 ideas are an incoherent mess. We’ve got to a stage where if a…
It is time to end the unfair treatment of Council tenants
16th January 2018
January is the time of year when many of us have to face up to debt problems – not having enough coming in to meet the outgoings.