Council to resist housing tenancy changes (From thisisoxfordshire)

Council to resist housing tenancy changes (From thisisoxfordshire)

OXFORD councillors will resist a radical Government plan to force council tenants from their homes, claiming it would create ghettos of poverty on city estates.

The proposals, announced yesterday, could see new council tenancies reviewed after two years and, if a family’s financial circumstances had improved, they could be asked to move into the private sector.

But senior councillors on Labour-controlled Oxford City Council say they will do all they can to avoid using fixed-term tenancies, claiming it would de- stabilise families and communities.