Political Parties Website 2024 Housing Manifestos – I have not compared policies, I’ve just looked at how much care and attention has been given by each party to the topic of housing. First Place: Lib Dem Housing Policy (last updated Sept 2023) https://www.libdems.org.uk/conference/motions/autumn-2023/f31 Second Place: Worker Party Manifesto contains the word ‘housing’ 19 times. https://workerspartybritain.org/manifesto-britain-deserves-better/… Continue reading UK Political Parties Ranked on Housing Priority.
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Housing Politics is about who can deliver the least bad outcome.
We are in the housing mess we’re in for one reason bigger than all the others put together: Politics. NOTHING has a bigger impact on the housing market than politics. Nothing else comes close. Consider the shocking state of our housing industry, spiralling rents, mortgage payments and affordability nightmares. 100% of these situations are a… Continue reading Housing Politics is about who can deliver the least bad outcome.
What hope for housing?
The highly-deserved undoing of the Conservatives won’t be Labour. It will be their own shambolic incompetence. A government can only function well if the team running it actually behaves like a team, not like a bunch of posturing glory-seekers. There is a time for individual jostling in politics, a bit like transfer season. Maybe for… Continue reading What hope for housing?