Robin graduated in 1996. 
Robin with the boats at Lake Windermere .
March 2006 - We can report that the government decided, last week, to halve this years Council house rent increase which will now average 3.1%.
DEFEND COUNCIL HOUSING.
LPGA Member Robin Martakies attended a House of Commons ‘Council Housing Group’ Inquiry -
held at The House Of Commons, Westminster on February 25th 2009.
This is the first part of his report
The full report can be found by CLICKING HERE
INTRODUCTION
The House of Commons Council Housing Group, chaired by Austin Mitchell MP, organised an inquiry at Parliament on 25th February 2009 with evidence gathering taking place between 12 noon and 7.00pm.
Evidence given by delegates will be presented to Housing Minister, Margaret Beckett, to be ‘fed into’ the Review of Council Housing Finance. The inquiry also examined how to start a big new council house building programme.
The ‘Defend Council Housing campaign’ made five demands:
(i) Stop any further privatisation and expensive ‘stock options’ appraisals.
(ii) End the robbery and fully fund allowances for first class council housing.
(iii) Provide a level playing field on debt write-off and gap funding.
(iv) Defend secure tenancies against means testing or time limits.
(v) Start a big new council house building programme.