Everyone has the right to live in accommodation that is safe, warm and
suitable for their needs. Council planning and policy should create self-reliant communities with a mix of tenures and affordability in each area.

Tenants and lease holders should have real democratic control over how their housing is managed. New developments should be energy- efficient and there should be a programme of insulation and renovation for existing homes.

Since 2000 house prices have risen four times faster than wages. Nearly twothirds of Sheffield households are priced out of the market and the number of officially homeless people is growing year on year. We welcome the renovation of areas such as Park Hill, but not turning 80% of the properties into luxury flats which most of the people living there now cannot afford.

Meanwhile, Sheffield Homes continue to perform badly on their Decent Homes Investment Project. Owner-occupiers and leaseholders are being left out, the quality varies a great deal between different areas and some basic repairs and improvements are not included in the project.

Greens get Sheffield into fast track mortgage scheme
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.

Cold weather advice
The Green Party are calling on the Council to promote home insulation as well as asking the government for a fairer way of giving out Cold Weather Payments.

Greens call for "Right to Rent"
Sheffield Green Party members will be calling for Right to Rent for home-owners threatened with repossession at the party's Autumn conference in London this weekend.

Too many blocks of 1 & 2 bedroom flats in the city!
In 2007, several letters were published raising concerns over the replacement of heritage buildings by car parks or new retail and housing developments in the city centre.