Tenants’ rights and responsibilities to be more clear after campaigners meet with Brighton and Hove Council.
Home Sweet Home campaigners this week met with Green Councillor Bill Randall to ask him to make some important changes to improve living conditions in private rented housing in Brighton and Hove.
Cllr Randall agreed to concrete action that will allow tenants to be clearer about their rights. He agreed to adding new sections to the Council website, as well as to run a billboard campaign signposting people to relevant information.
This represents the culmination of many months work by Home Sweet Home campaigners, who have built a broad alliance of people concerned about this issue, including Labour Party activists, students, residents, Brighton Students Union, union members, Brighton Housing Trust, Churches Together, the Southern and Residential Landlords Association, local letting agents, landlords, local councillors, University of Sussex Chaplaincy, and the NUS, who all want to see private rented sector housing conditions improve in the city.
Home Sweet Home leader Helena Mardon said: “It was a great step forward in our campaign, and we’re starting to see real improvements that will make life better for people in Brighton. I’ve never been involved in city politics before, so it’s great to see that we really can make a difference”.
Home Sweet Home leader and Labour activist Chris Henry, added: “The negotiation was a great success. He seemed genuinely enthusiastic about what the group had achieved so far and was keen to help progress the Home Sweet Home project.
“We left the meeting very positive and with another meeting booked in with Cllr Randall next month to continue to work on these issues.”
Candice Armah, President of Brighton Students Union, and member of Home Sweet Home, said: “It was a really constructive meeting. We found common ground, and made commitments to work on a number of important issues that will be a huge benefit to students in Brighton especially.”
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