Reading borough council has proposed that they liquidate its private home operators Homes for Reading, which they fully own and fund.

They propose that they evict the tenants living in these homes, so they can bolster their council housing register and rent out these homes at half the price they are being rented for now.

The council claim that this is a good finance strategy which will minimise risk to their finances.

They have shown no regard towards the human beings, of which are at least 400 people, currently living in these homes, as they have already disclosed that they prefer this planned outcome.

The council have clearly put forward Plan A, which would see Homes for Reading continue to function as usual, meaning 400 people would not lost their homes. This plan is a long-term plan, which extends to cover the next 50 years.

They propose that they will help the people they evict to find new homes, yet, if this were as easy as they claim, they would have already found homes for the surplus amount of people who have been waiting on the housing register for years already.

The council's preference towards evicting full-paying, long-term residents of Homes for Reading is callous and unjust, as they are trying to find a quick fix to their problem, rather than commit to promises they made to us years ago.

See this article for a greater insight into the council's reasoning -

https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/24120584.reading-council-slammed-affordable-housing-failure/ 

We are not asking for anything other than our basic human rights to be met, and promises that were made to us to be kept.

The council employ very capable and vetted members, who are more than able to adequately plan for and commit to Plan A, whilst still ensuring that their council housing requirements and targets are met, without forcing out honest and hardworking tenants, some of whom are key workers.

If you feel this is unfair and unjust, please sign this petition to show those in charge of other people's lives, that you cannot solve one problem by creating another one, and that people deserve to be treated humanely, rather than simply a statistic to be calculated, interpreted and manipulated to serve a cause.