Valentine's Day is, if nothing else, an important reminder that we are ultimately judged by what we do, not what we say. This goes for politics as well as relationships. Flowers, teddy bears and cards are lovely and everything but - let's be honest - without all the thoughts, feelings and actions alongside them they are nothing more than tokenism. The leaflets, announcements and giveaways being churned out by politicians in the lead up to an election run a similar risk. When it comes to housing there has been a lot of gestures from politicians in recent years, and a fair few promises of a new chapter. When we are told things will be different we're understandably skeptical; we've been here before. A diet of spiraling price rises and crumbs of new homes means that the first rung of the housing ladder is getting ever higher. More and more of us are renting but there is no cogent framework to improve standards and promote rights. Homelessness is rising, in large part du