Labour Councillors must halt threat to social homes as new report shows 35,000 homes on over 100 London council estates face demolition

GMB call for local authorities to be given powers to use vacant dwellings left empty for prolonged periods to house people on housing waiting lists

High housing costs in London take toll on numbers of babies born in high cost boroughs

196,737 housing benefit recipients in the private rented sector in London receive £2.17 billion in housing benefits per year with Brent topping list of borough with most recipients

£1,450 per month average rent for two bed flat in London: up 21.7% since 2011 compared to 9.1% pay rises GMB congress told

£775 per month average rent for two bed flat in East of England: up 31.4% since 2011 compared to 8.8% pay rises GMB congress told

GMB call on chair of Be First (Regeneration) Ltd to heed own warnings on social housing

GMB welcome Peabody Housing Trust decision not to auction off social home and instead allocate it to family on Tower Hamlets waiting list

GMB slam Barking and Dagenham Council approval of Be First (Regeneration) Ltd proposals to demolish 24 homes not listed in their 2015-2021 estates renewal programme

30% of Barking and Dagenham residents in employment are earning less than a living wage of £10.55 per hour new GMB study shows