Labour to deliver Homes Fit For Heroes in Portsmouth with rapid action to improve military family homes

• New Consumer Charter for families in military homes across Portsmouth delivering on Labour’s Plan for Change.
• Comes after 36,000 military homes were brought back into public ownership by the Labour Government – with full Defence Housing Strategy later this year.
• Portsmouth MP Amanda Martin welcomes new measures for forces families, including higher move-in standards, more reliable repairs, renovation of the worst homes, and a named housing officer for every family.

Living conditions for 783 families in military housing across Portsmouth will begin to be transformed by Labour under a new Consumer Charter, with Defence Secretary John Healey promising to “stop the rot” in military housing.

The Charter will form part of Labour’s Defence Housing Strategy, to be published later this year, which will set out further plans to improve the standard of service family homes across the country.

Portsmouth North MP Amanda Martin has welcomed the new Charter, which will introduce basic consumer rights for forces families – from essential property information and predictable property standards, to access to a new robust complaints system.

“I’ve met with local families living in sub standard naval accommodation and I’m pleased this government is taking action to improve homes for our armed forces and their families in Portsmouth.

“Despite everything they do for our country and sacrifice so much to keep us safe, far too many military families have had to live in shoddy conditions for far too long.

“By bringing them into public ownership and under Labour’s new Consumer Charter, 783 military houses in Portsmouth will become homes fit for heroes.”