A major shift in Tory housing policy in favour of people
who rent will be announced by ministers this week as Theresa May’s government
admits that home ownership is now out of reach for millions of families. In a departure
from her predecessor David Cameron, who focused on advancing Margaret
Thatcher’s ambition for a “home-owning democracy”, a white paper will aim to
deliver more affordable and secure rental deals, and threaten tougher action
against rogue landlords, for the millions of families unable to buy because of
sky-high property prices. Ministers will say they want to change planning and
other rules to ensure developers provide a proportion of new homes for
“affordable rent” instead of just insisting that they provide a quota of
“affordable homes for sale”. Read more on the Observer website.
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