Solving the housing dilemma needs a much clearer vision and a far more positive approach than was set out by Ed Miliband

Following Ed Miliband’s pledge to build 200,000 homes per year if Labour were to win the 2015 general election, Christine Whitehead asks whether this is a suitable figure. Putting the current pledge into perspective, she finds it to be a very modest aspiration. In addition, it implies that there is likely to be very little additional money for social housing during the next Parliament.