We are campaigning for policies that make the housing system work better and call for action from government at every level to build more homes and reduce the cost of decent housing. We fight for everyone who wants to be a homeowner but can’t afford to, and everyone who wants to move closer to work or amenities but can’t afford to.
END RISING HOUSE PRICES
Housing is too expensive. Prices and rents have risen beyond what any reasonable person would think of as a fair amount to spend on one of the most basic of human needs. The way for them to get more affordable is for the costs to stop rising, so that wage rises have time to catch up.
BUILD MORE HOMES
We need to be building 300,000 homes a year in areas of high demand. Every year we don’t do this is a year we dig ourselves deeper into our crisis. We need to reform planning and invest billions in building social housing.
MAKE RENTING BETTER
The reality is that while house prices remain artificially high and social housing is in short supply, many people will be spending their lifetime renting from private landlords. We need to reform private renting to make lives better priced out of buying a home.
We’ve had some pretty major successes in the last few years:
- In 2016 government introduced a stamp duty surcharge on second homes among other tax reforms to crack down on buy-to-let investment crowding out first-time buyers.
- In 2017 government finally adopted PricedOut’s long-advocated target of 300,000 new homes a year in England.
- In 2019 government removed restrictions on local councils borrowing money to build housing.
- In 2019 government introduced a ban on letting fees to tenants, and announced an end to no-fault evictions.
We often work with other campaigns, like London YIMBY, YIMBY Alliance and Generation Rent.