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Tony Pidgley, chair of developer Berkeley Group, has implored politicians not to turn housing into a 鈥減olitical football鈥� during the 2015 election campaign.

Speaking at the Mipim conference in Cannes yesterday, Pidgley said that solving the current undersupply of housing, which is particularly acute in London, required political consensus.

Experts calculate the industry needs to build around 240,000 homes per year in England just to keep up with demand, but it has been averaging 150,000 over the last 30 years.

Politicians on both sides of the spectrum have committed to increase this.

鈥淟et鈥檚 hope that housing doesn鈥檛 become the political football of the next election,鈥� he said.

鈥淲e have got to make up our minds are homes important to this country are jobs important to this country?鈥�

He warned that political points scoring could take focus away from the real purpose of building houses.

鈥淲e have got a housing crisis and its gone to the top of the [political] agenda but it鈥檚 still about homes and communities and we have got to keep that in mind,鈥� he said.

He said that housing for 鈥渒ey worker鈥� needed to be a key component of new developments.

Pidgley said that it should be a 鈥渞ight鈥� to have 鈥渁 roof over your head鈥� and that a 鈥渟ea change鈥� in people鈥檚 attitudes to see housing development as a positive thing was required.