“One big step will be carrying out our commitment this month
to get more houses built. The numbers of houses completed are currently the lowest
in peacetime since the 1920s. Millions of families are in housing need. There
is distress in the construction industry. The private market will only heal
slowly. Because mortgages are scarce. What we need is an aggressive programme
of house building by housing associations and local councils, with government
providing guarantees so they can build, in large numbers, now. We need an extra
100,000 houses a year to meet demand. That would create half a million new
jobs.” Read more on the Lib Dem website.
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