Will Sandry recently attended the Liberal Democrat Conference in Brighton where he spoke in a policy debate about housing.

Will spoke in favor of the new Lib Dem Housing Policy which includes a mandatory scheme of regulating all letting agents (at present it is not necessary to have any qualifications or meet any national standards to be a letting agent).

The policy would also make it easier for local councils to introduce targeted licensing schemes in areas with high concentrations of poor quality private lets.

The Policy also includes:

• Building up to 300,000 new houses by supporting investment and giving local authorities and social landlords more freedom to build
• Increasing protection for private tenants by promoting longer tenancies and cracking down on rogue landlords
• Giving local authorities more power to control second homes and bring empty homes back into use.

Click here for the full text of Will’s speech: Decent Homes for All