The Green Party has launched its campaign for the local elections, with the aim of taking control of Mid Suffolk District Council. This is a video from coverage on ITV News Anglia on Wednesday 5 April 2023.
We have called for local councils across the country and the government to sign up to a new Right Homes, Right Place, Right Price Charter to beat the housing crisis and ensure green spaces are protected.
The Greens’ Right Homes, Right Place, Right Price Charter would:
End the housing crisis by creating enough affordable homes – including 100,000 new council homes a year built to the Passivhaus or equivalent standard
Empower local authorities to bring empty homes back into use
Transform the planning system to:
Incentivise renovation and improvement of existing buildings to reduce the environmental impact of new construction
Incentivise local authorities to spread small developments across their areas, where appropriate, rather than building huge new estates
Protect valuable green space for communities
Require new developments to be accompanied by the extra investment needed in local services, such as providing extra school and GP places and better bus services
Transform building regulations to ensure:
all new private and public sector housing meets Passivhaus or equivalent standards
house builders include solar panels and heat pumps on all new homes.
Ensure all new developments will be located and designed to ensure that residents do not need cars to live a full life
Introduce rent controls
End no-fault evictions
