The Government took £1.6 million from Rotherham council tenants rents in 2007-8. Whilst the Government says we live in ‘subsidised housing’ the truth is council tenants subsidise other tax payers, this year to the tune of £1400 million which is more than £13 per tenant per week from our rents. Get your TARA to support the moonlight robbery campaign.
Rother Fed has written letters to Kevin Barron MP, John Healey MP and Dennis McShane MP and to Cllr Roger Stone, leader of RMBC and Cllr Jahangir Akhtar, RMBC Cabinet Member for Neighbourhoods about this. Your TARA can do the same - just add your letter head to the following template letter:
Open Letter (doc file-editable)
We can send you details of your MPs and Councillors addresses. Tell us how you get on (our contact details here)
Details of the Campaign here.
Reply from Dennis MacShane MP:
"I am working on a new political project to bring back council housing on the basis of reinvestment of council revenue from municipally owned homes back into socially affordable housing. I consider there is a grave housing crisis and many people are denied a right to a home because of the way the system is currently organised"