The four reforms we want to see

Help us make sure our homes are Built to Last

1 - Enforceable guarantee

A proper, enforceable two-year customer care service guarantee for all new homes. If something does go wrong, the builder of the property must put it right promptly and efficiently or face legal action.

2 - Cut the VAT

VAT on refurbishment work to be reduced from 17.5 per cent to five per cent. This will encourage developers to adapt existing good-quality housing stock rather than building from new so often.

3 - Protect the countryside

The three million new homes to be built on brownfield sites only, to protect our country's precious green belt land.

4 - Plan a park
A guarantee that every new development should have a well-managed park or playground built with it, with local authority planners given the power to demand this.

 
To read more about the House Beautiful Built to Last campaign, click here...

Above: Julia explains Built To Last to Chief Secretary to the Treasury Yvette Cooper, then Housing Minister. 

 

 

 

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