THE GENERAL ELECTION PARTY MANIFESTOS- WHERE DO THEY STAND ON HOUSING?

With the General Elections only weeks away, the leaders are out in force drumming up support for their party and ensuring that you're aware of what they'll promise to do in exchange for your vote. 

Second probably only to healthcare, the housing market is one of the biggest issues on the cards this election. The situation is so bleak that between 2001 and-2012 the number of owner occupied homes increased by only 30,530. However, during the same period the number of homes being occupied through local authorities, housing associations, other public sector organisations and private lets increased by a whopping 15,866%!

Getting on to the property ladder is now but a dream for some but renting isn't a sweeter reality.  Rents in just the three months leading up to February this year increased by 9.2%; with stats like these it would be brash to deny that Britain's housing  is in crisis.  An increasing number of people are unable to afford adequate homes and 'Generation Rent' is only getting larger, so what are the main political parties promising to do to tackle the situation? 

We summarise the main elements of their housing manifestos in the infographic below.