The housing crisis in the south-east has become the focus of a fact-finding roadshow by Unite, the country’s largest union led by Len McCluskey.

It is designed to hear the concerns of local people and campaign for a big boost in council house building.

Monday’s  itinerary took the month-long roadshow to Ramsgate, Kent, and yesterday’s to Crawley. It has also been to Slough, Hastings and Portsmouth, while tomorrow it reaches the Isle of Wight.

Unite said the south-east faces chronic housing problems with sky-high house prices, lack of affordable housing and little protection for tenants from unscrupulous landlords.

The aim of the roadshow is to give people an opportunity to highlight their concerns and put pressure on local authorities to do more to address the housing crisis.

The south-east ‘Housing Crisis Roadshow’ is the build-up to a regional day of action on Saturday, October 1, when activists will be taking part in a mass coordinated action, calling on the government to address the housing crisis hitting communities across the south-east.

The roadshow itinerary:

Isle of Wight – Thursday 25 August – street stall, 13:30 -15:30. St. James Square, Newport PO30 1UX

Gillingham – Thursday 1 September – street stall, 13:30 – 15:30. Outside WH Smith, High Street, Gillingham ME7 1AS

Oxford – Monday 5 September – street stall, 12.00 – 14.00. At Carfax Tower, junction of Cornmarket Street, High Street, Queen Street and St. Aldgate’s, OX1 4AB

Reading – Friday 9 September – street stall, 12.00 – 14.00. Beside Marks and Spencer, near Lawrence Church, Broad Street, RG1 2BH

Bracknell – Monday 12 September – street stall, 12.00 – 14.00. Outside Princess shopping centre, Princess Square, Bracknell, RG12 1LS

Worthing – Wednesday 14 September – street stall, 11.00 – 13.00. Worthing precinct on the corner of Warwick Street/Chapel Road by HSBC bank, BN11 3DE

Milton Keynes – Friday 16 September– street stall, 12.00 – 14.00. Opposite civic offices, 1 Saxon Gate, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3EJ

Bitterne, Southampton – Monday 19 September – street stall, 11.00 – 13.00. Bitterne precinct, Bitterne Rd, Southampton SO18 1DT

Dover – Wednesday 21 September – street stall, 11.00 – 13.00. Opposite Marks & Spencer, Biggin Street precinct, CT16 1BX

Eastleigh, Hampshire – Friday 23 September – street stall, 11.00 – 13.00.  Opposite Domino’s Pizza, Eastleigh, the junction of Leigh Road/Market Street, 2C High St, Eastleigh SO50 5LA