Gordon Brown recently set out his priorities as Prime Minister, ensuring that housing would be a national priority.
He promised building 3m new homes by 2020, delivered in an environmentally friendly manner. This would mean another 250,000 homes would be included within existing government plans.
A lack of housing coupled with an increase in single-person households and insufficient building rates over recent years, has contributed to rapid property price inflation.
Average house prices have tripled in price since Labour took power in 1997. Mr Brown wishes the property ladder to be in reach of first time buyers.
This of course will also necessitate local opposition groups as well as politicians dropping their resistance to new property developments.
Conservative controlled local authorities have been blamed for heightening the housing crisis by blocking local building schemes. The Conservatives have given their support to new housing developments, however, not if they impact adversely on the greenbelt or are against local residents' wishes.
The Liberal Democrats call for Mr Brown to quickly increase house building rates. At the same time, they insist that Mr Brown ought not to ignore social housing in the build up to help first time buyers
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