Everyone always talks about the national target for new houses, but what really matters is whether they are affordable or not. We’re committed to building 150,000 homes for social rent a year, and that’s the fastest way to bring down prices.
To protect this investment, councils will be given powers to limit right-to-buy. So many ex-council houses just end up back on the market, but for private rent at twice the price.
Most important of all, we’ll act to fix the underlying reason for housing inflation which is the cost of land. When farmland is given planning permission, its value can jump by 200x or more. This is an unearned profit which is preventing a whole generation of potential homeowners from ever getting started. We will empower councils to acquire land at existing use value by reforming the Land Compensation Act 1961.
A recent claim by Horsham's MP Jeremy Quin that Horsham District Council is using an unachievable target for water usage has been slammed by the Lib Dem administration.
Ban on no-fault evictions this Christmas as 4,160 households across South East England are at risk of homelessness due to Section 21 notices in the year 2022/2023.
The long awaited Local Plan for Horsham District has now been published on the Council website, prior to being presented at Cabinet and Full Council on 11th Dec.
