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English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Committee Stage Day 4
Ultimately, these amendments are about empowering local decision-making Continue reading “English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill Committee Stage Day 4”
Renters Rights Bill Report Stage Day 3 – a Living Rent Commission
Back in 2001 I was a Green Party member of the London Assembly and we initiated the setting up of the Living Wage Commission. It has helped hundreds of thousands of Londoners get paid a bit more each week as employers have voluntarily adopted it’s calculations. Now, I’m suggesting we do the same for renters across the country with Living Rent Commissions that can calculate rents in their area. Continue reading “Renters Rights Bill Report Stage Day 3 – a Living Rent Commission”
My amendments to Renters’ Rights Bill Report Stage Day 2
These are simple changes, but they are important. They would change the lives of our ageing population for the better, now and in the future—and that is what a progressive Government should do Continue reading “My amendments to Renters’ Rights Bill Report Stage Day 2”
My amendment to Renters’ Rights Bill Report Stage Day 1
This amendment, which I feel strongly about, is designed to help renters and the Government. It aims to improve upon a good policy that creates warmer homes and cheaper bills. The climate benefits from the warmer home grant, as do landlords, so why not guarantee that tenants get cheaper bills without a rent rise for a couple of years? Continue reading “My amendment to Renters’ Rights Bill Report Stage Day 1”
My amendment on Day 5 of the Renters’ Rights Bill Committee Stage
Natalie moved my amendment for me on Monday saying ‘All the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed Members of the House who are still here at 12.47 am will note that I am not Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. My friend is the Green lark, and I am the Green owl, so you get me after midnight’ Continue reading “My amendment on Day 5 of the Renters’ Rights Bill Committee Stage”
My further amendments to the Renters’ Rights Bill
The Resolution Foundation found that private renters were spending on average a third of their income on housing costs. This is getting worse rather than better, and it is not just a London problem Continue reading “My further amendments to the Renters’ Rights Bill”
My amendments to the Renters’ Rights Bill
Amendment 35 is an attempt to give tenants a guarantee that they will also get some direct benefit from the drive for net zero with two years of lower energy bills, without that saving being cancelled out by a landlord focusing on profiting from a government grant.
Amendment 71 aims to shift the debate firmly on to the needs of the tenant and to discourage landlords from constantly changing their minds about letting out their properties. It builds on the Government’s welcome attempt to get rid of no-fault evictions by adding a new clause to the eviction process that gives the tenant a one-month financial head start. Continue reading “My amendments to the Renters’ Rights Bill”
Stopping the slums of the future
Jenny is supporting the Healthy Homes campaign to introduce a set of basic principles for the building of new homes that will stop the building of the slums of the future.
Podcast: Sian Berry and green achievements
Elected greens always tend to punch above their weight. Whether it is a local council chamber, the London Assembly, or Parliament itself, a Green in the room will change the dynamic of most conversations. Sian Berry has a string of successes from her time as a member of Camden council and the London Assembly. This podcast (on Podbean) talks about some of the key changes Sian has achieved and gives a taste of what will happen in the 2020 Mayoral campaign. Continue reading “Podcast: Sian Berry and green achievements”
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb 