Brighton and Hove Labour and Cooperative Group have accused the minority Green Council administration of not being up to the task of solving the city’s housing needs, after it was revealed the administration had not even managed to deliver a quarter of their own targets during their first two years in office.
The Green Group were elected in 2011 on a manifesto pledge to create 1,000 new affordable homes across the city. In 2011/12, they only hit 25% of their own affordable house building targets, this figure dropped to 20% in 2012/13.
These figures seriously call into question the projections the Green administration made to the Housing Committee at Hove Town Hall earlier this month where they claimed work would start on 534 affordable homes over the next two years.
Councillor Chaun Wilson, Labour Group spokesperson for Housing Strategy on Brighton and Hove Council, said:
“This is yet another example of the Green administration failing to deliver for Brighton and Hove. They were elected on a clear manifesto pledge to start work on 1,000 new affordable homes but the latest figures show that there have been barely 100 affordable homes built in the Greens first two years in office – this means they are surely set to miss their own manifesto target and seriously calls into question the projections they have made for 2013/14 and 2014/15.
“With the city in the midst of a housing crisis and rents in private accommodation soaring 27% over this year alone, this simply isn’t good enough and Brighton and Hove deserves better.
“As Ed Miliband stated last week, housing is key to Labour’s plan for the country with his pledge to ensure 200,000 new homes a year are built by 2020, and it is also central to Labour’s plans for the city. This once again shows the importance of electing both a Labour Council and a Labour Government in 2015.”
The Green were asked to respond.
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