Where the parties stand on housing?
This is a guide to political parties' positions on Housing including house building, home ownership and social housing:
Conservative
Main pledges
200,000 homes built for first-time buyers aged under 40, at 20% discount
New Help to Buy ISA’s for first-time buyers to help them get a deposit for a house
Keep mortgage rates low so families are more financially secure
Extend the Help to Buy equity loan scheme to 2020
Labour
Main pledges
Get 200,000 homes built a year by 2020
Long term tenancy agreements in the private sector and a cap on rent increases
Encourage banks to fund 125,000 new homes for first time buyers in England
Prioritise capital investment in housing to build more affordable homes
Lib Dems
Main pledges
Increase housebuilding to 300,000 a year
Set in motion at least 10 new Garden Cities
30,000 Rent to Own homes a year by 2020
Ban landlords from letting out poorly insulated homes
UKIP
Main pledges
Prioritise social housing for people with parents born locally
Protect greenbelt by making it easier to build on previously developed land
Establish a brownfield agency to provide grants and loans
Referendums on major planning decisions
Green
Main pledges
Build 500,000 social rental homes by 2020
Bring empty homes back into use
Cap rent and introduce longer tenancies
Abolish the right to buy council homes
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2015/manifesto-guide
