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It’s the Christmas present no one asked for, but a December General Election is now on. Whilst Brexit will be the obvious hot topic, we’ve decided to take a look at how each party will approach housing policy. Whilst manifestos are not yet released, barely any time has passed since the 2017 election, so it is reasonable to assume that manifesto pledges from two years ago may re-appear. Since then, some policies have emerged or evolved, but whether we will see any further depends on if we can get beyond Brexit this election.
Conservatives
⦁ Deliver a million homes by the end of 2020, and half a million more by the end of 2022
⦁ 160,000 homes to be built on government land
⦁ Eliminate rough sleeping by 2027
⦁ Continue flood defence scheme to protect 300,000 homes by 2021
⦁ Scapping on S1 eviction rights pledged
⦁ Creation of new homes Ombudsmen
⦁ Pledge to reform stamp duty
Labour
⦁ Build over one million more homes, half of which at social rent
⦁ Home owners to be offered interest free home improvement loans
⦁ End right to buy
⦁ Guarantee Help To Buy funding up until 2017
⦁ Pledge to introduce rent controls
⦁ Support for scrappage of S21
⦁ Pledge to introduce Right to Buy for some private tenants
Liberal Democrats
⦁ Build 300,000 home a year up by 2022
⦁ Create at least 10 new garden cities
⦁ Enforce housebuilding on on unwanted public sector land
⦁ Restore the zero carbon standard for new homes
⦁ Support for the scrapping of S21 eviction powers by landlords or their agents
Will housing take a prominent seat in the election arena? With Brexit on the table still it is doubtful, but the impact of some of these policies and pledges will undoubtedly have a huge impact on the housing market
Miss. Claire White
W. Why Media
E. claire@whymedia.com