Rumaysa Miah | Paralegal

On 05 March 2018 Theresa May addressed the housing crisis in her speech to the National Housing Conference.Research shows that over 4,700 people are street homeless which is a 15% rise from last year’s figures, so how will Theresa May be tackling these problems?One of the main points the Prime Minister voiced during her speech was to prevent developers from ‘land banking’ until it had substantially increased in price. Mrs May went on to state by doing so this would work against them in the future when bidding for new planning permission. Developers are to build homes which the average person can afford, should they not maintain this approach within two years of obtaining planning permission Councils ought to consider revoking it.

The Right to Buy scheme was one of the flagship policies of Margaret Thatcher's government, and one of its most controversial legacies. Introduced in 1980, it gave former council tenants the right to buy their council houses, often at large discounts. The goal was to create a 'property-owning democracy' and supporters credit the scheme with having given 77,500 working class families a foot on the property ladder, breaking down class barriers and creating less dependency on the state.