Political party housing policy

The National Landlord Association have put together some helpful bullet points to help landlords to see what the political parties are offering as regards the private rental sector.

To read in full and download a fact sheet on all the parties policies go here.

Conservative

• Amend the recent Planning Use Classes Order
• Abolish Home Information Packs
• Keep Energy Performance Certificates
• Give every home up to £6,500 worth of energy improvement measures, with more for the hard to treat homes

Labour

• Bring in written tenancy agreements
• Free and impartial advice service for tenants
• Set up a National Landlord Register
• Reform Housing Benefit payments
• Introduce minimum insulation standards

Liberal Democrats

• Quality private rented housing for those who need it
• Introduce a national home insulation programme
• Scrap Home Information Packs
• Keep Energy Performance Certificates

For a broader view on what the different parties might mean for your money read ThisisMoney - Election 2010 - What it means for your money

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