Tories and Lib Dems may agree about green housing

Both the Liberal Democrats and Conservative Party have similar views on housing sustainability, it has been claimed.

John Alker, head of advocacy at the UK Green Building Council, said he believed that the government will actually be pretty stable under the newly-formed coalition.

He added that its a good thing that there is lots of agreement between the two parties about certain issues surrounding housing.

"When they got down the list and saw climate change I think they were probably quite glad that they could say, 'Yes, smart grids, yes, refurbishment of the existing housing stock'," Mr Alker noted.

In their pre-election manifesto, the Conservative Party outlined plans to abolish home information packs, as well as plans to make it easier for social housing tenants to buy their own homes.

The Liberal Democrats proposals included plans to bring 250,000 empty homes back into use and to ensure that repossession is a last resort when borrowers cannot meet mortgage repayments.