“Standing up for what’s right” is the title of the manifesto from the small left-leaning religious party the ChristenUnie (CU) – and it believes solving the housing crisis is number one.

The party – which has a website in English as well as Dutch – wants to invest an extra €10 billion to build the target of 100,000 homes a year and make two-thirds of them affordable for people on an average income. By 2030, it pledges, nobody should be sleeping on the streets.

It believes the country should follow international agreements by investing 3.5% of GDP in defence and wants to reverse cuts in development aid to pledge 0.7% of GDP to aid for the global needy. It wants to boost child benefit to reduce childhood poverty, halve the healthcare mandatory excess for everyone and give extra refunds to the chronically ill and disabled.

As part of a drive to strengthen social “values”, the party wants a return to military or “social” service for young people, a halt to euthanasia for psychiatric reasons for the under-30s until more research has been done into the cause of the recent rise in cases.

It wants to stop state subsidy for gambling companies, pledges more community policing and wants stronger penalties for drug-related crime.

On migration, it recommends following the advice of a national commission, limiting labour migration and maintaining a “legal but compassionate” asylum policy.

Leader Mirjam Bikker said the programme stood for “reliable politics that puts people first.”

She added: “We are simplifying rules, tackling the housing crisis and restoring a sense of responsibility in society. This is because everyone counts and we believe that more than ever the Netherlands needs leadership that stands up for what is good.”

The ChristenUnie has three MPs and is currently polling at two to four seats. It was part of the third and fourth Rutte governments.