Looking forward to this. Quite a few questions, I'm afraid.
What do you think have been the main effects of the Coalition government's housing policies, and (perhaps relatedly) are you worried about the possibility of a housing bubble?
Do you expect the Labour party to adopt as policy some kind of large-scale public house-building programme? (in the style of Attlee, or Macmillan under Churchill) Are you personally in favour of such a scheme? (if not, how would you think it best to go about resolving the housing shortage?)
Do you think there should be restrictions on absentee ownership in places like London?
Do you have any ideas for increasing the right-to-buy replacement rate?
Do you think we should revive the idea of New Towns and/or Garden Cities? (perhaps with a modern carbon-neutral twist?)
Do you think there's a case for introducing a proper national space standard to stop new-build homes from shrinking? (e.g. the average new build is 76m2 whilst the average home is 85m2; in Ireland new builds are 88m2; in the Netherlands, 116m2, and in Denmark, 137m2.)
[edited to add q.6]
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