Is Labour's pledge to build 1.5m homes in England just more Labour bullshit?

 

Since Starmer-oids squalid Labour government came into office last July, all they've done is pick people's pockets and driven up the cost of living. They've now got their eye on cutting welfare spending and people's state benefits. Labour did say that they were not the party for people on state benefits but the party of people in work.

Some landlords are now giving priority for social rented housing to essential key workers and professional couples. Most housing developments only offer a small percentage of homes for rent and most of the homes are intended for sale. The cost of buying a home has risen astronomically and is beyond the reach of many British people even if they're in work. According to the Halifax, one of Britain's biggest mortgage lenders, house prices have hit a record high. Twenty years ago, a family might have expected to buy a house worth roughly four times their annual income - now it might be eight times what they earn. The proportion of the population that now rents has nearly doubled in two decades and more than 159,000 children in England, remain homeless and without a permanent address.

I have seen homes offered for rent that cost more than twice the British state pension or are more than half the price of the weekly state pension. A one-bedroom flat can be over £160 a week. As there are no rent controls, some landlords have been known to double the rent and then evict the tenant when they said they couldn't afford to pay it. This is the reality of life for many people in Britain. We're seeing people living on the streets or in cars and vans.

Labour has vowed to build 1.5 million homes within five years or 370,000 new homes in England each year. Many people think this is just more Labour bullshit and I think they're probably right. How many homes have Labour started build in the last seven months?