These have been important steps to help tackle our nation's much neglected housing stock. But they are not a panacea, and further action is needed. Cutting through all red tape in a rush to hit the target will not solve our national housing crisis.

Steve Reed himself is not blind to the risks of building homes that are not up to scratch. In his own constituency, he has seen homes built with concrete so poor that they had to be demolished - a situation he deemed "outrageous". We need regulations to ensure that homes built today will meet the needs of future generations.

"The housing secretary has already indicated that he will not allow regulations to stand in the way of growth, stating that the government will 'tear down barriers to development'"

Time and time again, we have seen that racing to build houses without a proper focus on quality and safety creates more problems in the long run.

The Grenfell Tower Inquiry itself concluded that the focus on meeting housing targets and economic growth was what dominated the deregulation that led to a disregard for people's safety and lives. Since Grenfell, more than 5,000 buildings have been evacuated due to "life critical" defects, leaving all residents homeless.

The housing secretary has already indicated that he will not allow regulations to stand in the way of growth, stating that the government will "tear down barriers to development". He seems to be ignoring the fact that some barriers exist to stop us from falling over the edge. Surely it is better to build one million homes that are safe, accessible and liveable than to do away with quality control to hit the target.

At the Labour Party conference, there was such a fixation on housebuilding that the discussion of plans for younger buyers and those living in temporary accommodation dominated proceedings, to the exclusion of any other groups in society.

But these issues are not divisive. Policies that benefit older people, benefit everyone. Along with our population ageing, we are seeing a rise in the number of disabled people. However, fewer than one in eight (13%) homes in England have all four accessibility features that mean they can be visited by someone with access needs, with substantial variation across regions.

The lack of investment into accessible homes has left over 12 million disabled residents in homes that do not meet their needs, a number that has grown steadily in the last decade.

We know our ageing and disabled population is only going to grow, and these issues will worsen along with it. We will not solve the housing crisis without acknowledging the need for improved and expanded housing for older and disabled people - homes must be built with everyone's needs in mind.

The housing market has not been able to address those needs thus far, which is why regulation is still a vital part of the puzzle.