Manifesto CoreEconomy, Property, Finance and Work
Private Property and Broad Ownership
Property is a source of independence and responsibility. The answer to concentration is wider ownership, not the abolition of property.
Policy catalogueEconomy, Property, Finance and Work
Manifesto CoreHousing and Financialization
Housing should principally serve habitation and community rather than function as an endlessly appreciating financial asset.
Position
Housing should principally serve habitation and community rather than function primarily as an endlessly appreciating financial asset.
Policy
- Widespread home ownership is a central goal.
- Speculative and concentrated ownership may be restrained where it prevents ordinary family ownership.
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- Agreed PolicyEconomy, Property, Finance and Work
Finance, Lending and Usury
Finance should serve productive activity. Legitimate lending and reasonable return are accepted; exploitative interest and debt traps are not.
- Manifesto CoreFamily, Demography and Social Order
Family
The family formed around marriage is the fundamental social institution, and public policy should make marriage and child-rearing materially realistic.
- Manifesto CoreEducation, Culture and Public Life
Architecture and Historic Preservation
Public architecture should respect human scale, local materials and regional tradition, and historic fabric should be preserved wherever reasonably possible.
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