The consultation is asking for tenants' views
on a range of options the council is considering to raise an extra £57
million to meet the "Decent Homes Standard" for its council housing
stock by 2010.
 http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/A_Z_of_Council_Services/your_home/index.asp

But will there really be any 'consultation' or is
'Your Home, Your Future' a PR exercise to disguise the
foregone conclusion that the council intends massive stock transfer of
council homes to Registered Social Landlords (RSLs)?
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/08/296425.html

RSLs, also known as housing associations, are effectively private sector
operations which give less legal protection than council tenancies and
which no longer guarantee a 'home for life'.
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/liverpool/2004/08/295703.html

While the assault on council housing, begun by Thatcher, continues in
Liverpool under the hand of the Lib-Dem council, it is also going on
across the country as part of a New Labour policy to privatise all
remaining public housing.
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/08/296503.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/liverpool/2004/08/296568.html

As resistance to stock transfer in Liverpool continues, council tenant
activists from further afield also report actions:
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/liverpool/2004/07/295566.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/08/296145.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/08/296549.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/08/296396.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/08/296270.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/08/295893.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2004/08/295733.html

Low income tenants in Liverpool are also fighting against the effects of
'regeneration' in areas where compulsory purchase orders are
being used to replace tenant houses with owner occupier new builds.
Recent Whistleblower reports by Mike Lane cover housing issues created
by the Kensington New Deal for Communities:
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/liverpool/2004/08/296122.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/liverpool/2004/08/296065.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/liverpool/2004/08/295825.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/liverpool/2004/08/295694.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/liverpool/2004/07/295501.html
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/liverpool/2004/07/294673.html

'Defend Council Housing' is one organisation which provides resources for activists wanting to campaign against privatisation of council housing:  http://www.defendcouncilhousing.org.uk/dch/

Tenants involved in local campaigns or with news to report on social housing issues are encouraged to comment below. Meanwhile, tenants still have the opportunity to make themselves heard on the 14th.