Why The Conservative Manifesto Is A Downgrade To Housing Ambitions

The Conservative Party’s manifesto may well mark the point at which the political arms race in promising ever higher housing numbers ended. The 300,000-homes-a-year target has not been ditched – but the wording is tricksy enough to mean it will not be regarded as a concrete manifesto pledge. While it promises continued progress against this target, it only vaguely says it will reach it by the mid-2020s, which can clearly be read to mean after the end of the next parliament in 2024. The actual pledge is for a million homes in the next parliament. Now, while a million is clearly a lot of homes those in the industry will know it equates to no more than are being built now. Read more on Housing Today.

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