Will McMahon - We are in a housing emergency

We are in a housing emergency, with Will McMahonThis week we are talking to Will McMahon, director of action on empty homes about their day of action on 9 October.1) Over 100,000 families are living in Temporary Accommodation while over half a million homes have no permanent resident.2) The wrong kind of housing is being built across the country - they are unaffordable to anyone on an average income to either rent or buy. These new builds are also being sold off-plan and ending up as Airbnb short lets, second homes or buy to leave empty wealth investments with no permanent residents.3) Communities are being broken up as council estates that could be refurbished are being left to decline, to be replaced by yet more unaffordable new build.4) The Climate emergency demands refurbishment, not demolition. Retrofitting 270,000 long term empty homes and council estates can help solve the climate crisis.On October 9th there are street actions highlighting all of these issues and a national rally calling for empty homes to be used by those living in temporary and overcrowded accommodation and to meet the climate emergency.https://www.actiononemptyhomes.org/news/day-of-action-october-9th#ActionOnEmptyHomes #ResistanceTV #ChrisWilliamson #WillMcMahon #Housing #Council #ClimateEmergency #EmptyHomesResistance TV is a weekly show hosted by Chris Williamson the former Labour MP, Derby Council Leader and the founder of Resist Movement for a People’s Party. With a socialist take on things we look at areas of concern for the left wing, Anti Racism, Anti Imperialism, MMT, Injustice, Britain’s role in foreign affairs, 21st century Socialism, Alternative Media and more…Live Wednesday’s on all our Social Media at 7pm and audio Podcast on Friday’sJoin Resist here www.resistmovement.org.ukSupport us with a donation here paypal.me/festivalofresistanceFollow Chris on Twitter @DerbyChrisW