More people arrived after the start and it was good to have a debate with members who have detailed knowledge and experiences of housing issues in Newham.
I presented on what we are currently doing as an administration and what we hope to achieve in the future. I must write this up properly but in short we are doing lots of good things in Newham on housing but we need to do a lot more.
While building a 1000 Council owned homes at truly affordable rents will be transformational for those residents we house we need a Labour Government in power to provide the money and ability to house the 27,000 families on our waiting list (and the many thousands who are in desperate housing need but not on the list)
Afterwards there was a typical Fabian "polite but challenging" Q&A which I really enjoyed.
Many thanks to Newham Fabian Officers Anita, Rohit and David, for the invite and the opportunity to speak and explain.
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