Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Minister for Housing and Planning, John Healey MP responding to the publication of the housing bill, said:

“Britain’s broken housing market is stacked in favour of a lucky few and against young people and families on ordinary incomes.

“The test for this bill is whether it will change that. 

"Most of all, the Government must now show what they will do differently to avoid another five years of failure on housing.

“Under the Conservatives, we’ve seen five years of higher rents, more homelessness, falling home ownership every year, and fewer homes built than at any time since the 1920s.

“People are increasingly fed up with announcements and big numbers from the Government which aren’t backed up by action. The reality under the Tories is fewer affordable homes, developers being given a completely free hand, rogue landlords profiteering and those on average incomes unable to buy a home of their own.”