By Henry Hill Both parties are making big promises on housebuilding, but the policies being put forward are nothing new at best and actively harmful at worst, says Henry Hill This election is an important milestone in this country’s long-running housing crisis, because it is probably the first one in which both major parties have formally acknowledged that said crisis exists. Unfortunately, 4th July doesn’t seem likely to provide a watershed moment when it comes to actually solving it. Whilst both the Labour and Conservative manifestos contain some ambitious-sounding proposals, dig into the de…