Exeter Green Party has teamed up with Transition Exeter and Occupy Exeter to organise a key public meeting exploring the impact of being homeless or vulnerably housed in Exeter and what is being done to address the issue.

The Green Party has welcomed news that Exeter City Council is to generate electricity from solar panels on some of its properties and premises, something that has been Exeter Green Party policy for several years. However, the local Party says that if solar panels had been fitted two years ago, when Exeter Green Party first proposed the idea, there would have been a far greater financial return on the Council’s investment.

Exeter Green Party is urging the Labour controlled City Council to refuse to evict tenants who are unable to pay what has become known as the bedroom tax when it is introduced in April.