The Conservatives Say:

They will deliver a secure future for communities by giving more people a better chance of living where they would like – near their family, friends and job. They say they have delivered over 2.5 million homes since 2010, including meeting a commitment to deliver one million homes in the last Parliament. They also say home ownership rates plummeted under the last Labour Government so we cannot afford to go back to square one. They're 2024 manifesto  gives just over two pages to housing related issues. 

 Summary  list of housing related pledges found within in their 2024 manifesto:

• Deliver 1.6 million homes in England in the next Parliament
• Deliver a record number of homes each year on brownfield land in urban areas
• Regenerate major sites like Euston, Old Oak Common and Thamesmead, unlocking new urban regeneration schemes
• Support the delivery of new quarters in Leeds, Liverpool and York
• Support local and smaller builders by requiring councils to set land aside for them
• Lift Section 106 burdens on more smaller sites
• Rule out Labour’s proposed community right to appeal which would bring the planning system to its knees.
• Make sure local authorities use the new Infrastructure Levy to deliver the GP surgeries, roads and other local infrastructure needed to support homes
• Renew the Affordable Homes Programme
• Retain a cast-iron commitment to protect the Green Belt from uncontrolled development
• Support first-time buyers onto the housing ladder
• Building the homes we need
• Ensure the majority of first-time buyers pay no Stamp Duty at all
• Make permanent the increase to the threshold at which first-time buyers pay Stamp Duty to £425,000 from £300,000
• Launch a new and improved Help to Buy scheme to provide first-time buyers with an equity loan of up to 20% towards the cost of a new build home.
• Continue the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme
• Always prioritise giving those who work hard and contribute to our country a leg up in the housing market
• Legislate for new local connection and UK Connection tests for social housing in England
• Implement three strikes and you’re out expectation of social housing landlords for anti-social behaviour
• Protect family homes from higher tax under the Family Home Tax Guarantee
• Not increase the number of council tax bands, undertake an expensive council tax revaluation or cut council tax discounts, as Labour is currently doing in Wales.
• Maintain Private Residence Relief so that people’s homes are protected from Capital Gains Tax
• Not increase the rate or level of Stamp Duty to support homeowners
• Rule out Labour’s anti-aspiration move to drastically reduce Right to Buy discounts
• Protect the laws that ensure the discount rises with inflation
• Fight any plan by local authorities to abolish the Right to Buy altogether
• Complete the process of leasehold reform, to improve the lives of over four million leaseholders
• Cap ground rents at £250, reducing them to peppercorn over time.
• End the misuse of forfeiture so leaseholders don’t lose their property and capital unfairly
• Make it easier to take up commonhold
• Pass a Renters Reform Bill that will deliver fairness in the rental market for landlords and renters alike.
• Deliver the court reforms necessary to fully abolish Section 21
• Strengthen other grounds for landlords to evict private tenants guilty of anti-social behaviour
• Continue with plans to end rough sleeping 
• Deliver on commitments under the Local Authority Housing Fund and review the quality of temporary accommodation
• Deliver landmark new laws that frees leaseholders from cladding bills following on from the awful tragedy of Grenfell Towe
• Continue support for leaseholders affected by historic building safety problems by requiring the continuation of developer- funded remediation programmes for mid- and high-rise buildings
• Ensure councils have the powers they need to manage the uncontrolled growth of holiday lets
• Support those who want to build or commission their own home by making the planning press simpler
• Supporting more community housing schemes
• Encourage the building of different forms of housing, particularly housing for older people
• Build on new powers for the police, further speeding up the use of enforcement of powers to remove illegal traveller sites
• Give councils greater planning powers to prevent unauthorised development by travellers.

For more in depth detail see the Conservative  manifesto  pages 53 - 56 https://public.conservatives.com/static/documents/GE2024/Conservative-Manifesto-GE2024.pdf

See  also below our links to lists of  Labour and Conservatives manifesto housing pledges for comparison  

 Labour (Part 2 of 3) - https://theukright2rentregister.org/news-detail/labour-housing-manifesto-peldges

Liberal (Part 3 of 3) - https://theukright2rentregister.org/news-detail/2024-election-manifesto-housing-services-pled

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