Join us at this public meeting to discuss the changes for renters and how the housing movement can build on the new reforms.
This public meeting will look at the gains made by the housing movement in securing these reforms, how they can be used to enforce renters rights, and the politics behind the legislation; what has actually been won, and what are the limits of the reforms from the perspective of renters and the housing movement?
Chair: Kate Bradley – Greater Manchester Law Centre, Socialist Lawyer co-editor
Kate Bradley is a housing/public law solicitor and housing organiser in Greater Manchester. She has written for the Oxford Left Review, Notes from Below, New Socialist, and elsewhere. Kate is one of the co-editors of the Haldane’s Society’s journal, Socialist Lawyer.
Speakers: Nick Bano – Garden Court Chambers, Author of ‘Against Landlords: How to Solve the Housing Crisis’ (Verso Books)
Nick Bano is an author and Barrister who specialises in representing homeless people, residential occupiers, and destitute and migrant households. He has written in Tribune, the New Socialist, and Jacobin. He has acted in many of the most important housing law cases in recent years. The legal directories consistently recognise his expertise in this field, as well as his inventiveness and commitment to his clients. His book, Against Landlords, makes the case that landlordism is the root of the housing crisis, not scarcity of housing.
Alva Gotby – London Renters Union, Author of ‘Feeling at Home: Transforming the Politics of Housing'(Verso Books)
Alva Gotby is a community organiser with the London Renters Union, where she supports LRU members to take collective action against their landlords. She also leads on the union’s work on preparing for the introduction of the Renters Rights Act. Alva is a researcher and writer, and the author of Feeling at Home: Transforming the Politics of Housing (2025).