Ending the housing crisis is possible if we are committed to the solutions

Labour government is committed to delivering 1.5 million homes over the course of this parliament.

Much of the public policy discussion has focused on how to change planning laws.

However, there are other approaches too, such as reclassifying some land as grey belt’ and building on parts of the green belt.

By the end of the parliament, we could be building 400,000 homes,” said one attendee.

Viability is almost non-existent across most of the country,’ said a participant.

The challenge is that, for her members, the money they want to invest in homes is being asked to do too many things at once.