The three main political parties outlined radically different proposals for social housing in their manifestos this week.
Labour
*Create a new form of affordable housing for families on modest incomes
*Make ‘savings’ in regeneration funding
*Tackle ASB with a new ‘respect’ standard for the private rented sector
Conservative
*Pledge to ‘respect’ tenures and rents of social tenants
*Introduce a ‘foot on the ladder’ programme to offer an equity stake to good social tenants
*Pilot a right to move scheme and introduce a national home-swap programme
Liberal Democrat
*Reform public sector borrowing requirement to allow councils to build more homes
*Review housing revenue account subsidy system
*Launch a £1.1 billion programme to bring 250,000 empty homes back into use
Read more on the Inside Housing website.
Labour
*Create a new form of affordable housing for families on modest incomes
*Make ‘savings’ in regeneration funding
*Tackle ASB with a new ‘respect’ standard for the private rented sector
Conservative
*Pledge to ‘respect’ tenures and rents of social tenants
*Introduce a ‘foot on the ladder’ programme to offer an equity stake to good social tenants
*Pilot a right to move scheme and introduce a national home-swap programme
Liberal Democrat
*Reform public sector borrowing requirement to allow councils to build more homes
*Review housing revenue account subsidy system
*Launch a £1.1 billion programme to bring 250,000 empty homes back into use
Read more on the Inside Housing website.
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