Election fever is once again upon us and we find each of the political parties attempting to persuade us their policies are the correct policies to take us forward for the next five years. So what are the policies you may ask? In no order of importance, I have taken alphabetical, so we start with the Conservative manifesto on Housing Policy

? Halve rough sleeping over the course of the next parliament and eliminate it by 2027

? Meet 2015 commitment to deliver a million homes by the end of 2020 and half a million more by the end of 2022

? Build better houses to match the quality of previous generations

? Support for high-quality, high-density housing like mansion blocks, mews houses and terraced streets

? 160,000 houses built on government land

? Maintain the existing strong protections on designated land like the Green Belt, National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

? Continue £2.5bn flood defence programme to protect 300,000 existing homes by 2021.

Greens manifesto on Housing Policy

? Reinstate housing benefit for under-21s

? Stop local authorities declaring young people "intentionally homeless"

? Invest in community house-building projects to provide affordable, secure housing options for young people

? A living rent for all through rent controls and more secure tenancies for private renters

? An end to letting fees and the introduction of mandatory licensing for all landlords

? Support the development of renters' unions

? Build affordable, zero carbon homes, including 100,000 social rented homes each year by 2022

? End council house sales and scrap Right to Buy at discounted prices

? Abolish the bedroom tax

? Bring empty homes back into use

? Trial a Land Value Tax to encourage the use of vacant land and reduce speculation

? Treat the housing needs of single people and childless couples in the same way as families

? Help first-time buyers by aiming for house price stability - axing buy-to-let tax breaks

? Back community-led approaches to building affordable homes

? Significantly improve housing choice for deaf, disabled and older people - and increase the numbers of homes built to lifetime home and mobility standards over the next five years.

Labour manifesto on Housing Policy

? Build over one million more homes, with at least half for social rent

? Homeowners will be offered interest free loans to improve their properties

? Guarantee help to buy funding until 2027 and give locals buying their first home "first dibs on new homes built in their area"

? Legislate to ban letting agency fees for tenants, and look at giving the Mayor of London power to give London renters "additional security"

? Make 4,000 additional homes available for rough sleepers to end homelessness.

Liberal Democrats manifesto on Housing Policy

? Build 300,000 homes a year by 2022, including half a million affordable and energy-efficient homes

? £5bn of initial capital for a new British Housing and Infrastructure Development Bank

? Green Buildings Act to ensure every home in England reaches at least an energy rating of Band C by 2035

? Ensure at least four million homes are made highly energy efficient (Band C) by 2022, with priority given to fuel-poor households

? Restore the zero-carbon standard for new homes

? Create at least 10 new garden cities in England

? End the voluntary right to buy pilots that sell off housing association homes and the associated high value asset levy

? Enable local authorities to levy up to 200 per cent council tax on second homes and 'buy to leave empty' investments from overseas

? Enforce housebuilding on unwanted public sector land

? Penalise excessive land-banking when builders with planning permission have failed to build after three years.

UKIP manifesto Housing Policy

? Coastal towns taskforce will raise funding for new arts and heritage facilities in coastal towns

? Give local authorities powers to access low interest government loans to buy up and renovate poor housing stock or empty commercial properties, to create quality residential accommodation

? Issue compulsory purchase orders for poor quality houses in multiple occupation

? Introduce minimum standards for properties in receipt of housing benefit

? Refuse housing benefit payments to landlords in breach of planning legislation

? Roll out of high quality, low cost factory-built modular (FBM) homes, affordable on the national average wage of £26,000

? The homes would be sold on a freehold basis to first time buyers up to the age of 40 who are British citizens and who have a 10 per cent deposit.

? Utilities installation covered by a one per cent energy bill levy, and stamp duty would not be applied.

(Data taken from the BBC manifesto summary.)

As you can see they all offer something which as an Estate Agent and Letting Agent I very much applaud. Though they all also have some pitfalls. If only we could pick the best mix from each Party, then we would be able to make a difference…