Young people are ‘right to be angry’ at the lack of homes available for them, the Prime Minister has said in a speech today.
Speaking to the National Planning Conference, Theresa May described a ‘viscous circle from which most people can only escape with help from the bank of mum and dad’.
“If you’re not lucky enough to have such support, the door to home ownership is all too often locked and barred,” she said.
The Prime Minister said property developers need to act quicker in building on land rather than hoarding it for financial reasons.
Meanwhile, Labour’s shadow housing minister, John Healey, said: “This housing crisis is made in Downing Street.
“It’s time the Tories changed course, and backed Labour’s long-term plan to build the genuinely affordable homes.”
Housing was high on the agenda in the recent Students’ Union elections at the University of Lincoln, with the focus being on rogue landlords.
At the candidate question time, the recently elected VP Welfare and Community, Grace Corn, said she would be in favour of publishing the feedback that is given on landlords in Lincoln.
Up to 80 housing proposals set out last year by the Government will now be implemented, including the introduction of a nationwide standard for councils setting out how many homes they need to plan for in their area.