CHANGE MUST HAPPEN NOW ON HOUSING

One of the biggest post bag issues for me, like many MPs, is housing which is why Ministerial Questions on the subject is always well attended.

With Britain facing the biggest housing crisis in a generation Labour MPs are demanding to know why, when the Tory-led Government promised change on housing, nothing is happening.

In fact their economic and housing policies are making things much worse.

House building is down, homelessness is up, private sector rents are unaffordable for far too many people and we have a market where too people can’t get mortgages. No wonder the construction industry is on its knees.

And yet, independent economic analysis has shown clearly that for every £ spent in construction, £2.84 is generated for the wider economy.  That is why it's the government should be doing its utmost to switch its current spending towards the more productive capital spending.

This clearly demonstrates that the Tories are out of touch on housing.

Labour will face the housing crisis head on – building more affordable homes to buy and rent, helping homeowners make home improvements and making the private rented sector fit for families.