Greens Vote To Make Abolishing Landlords Party Policy
Greens Vote To Make Abolishing Landlords Party Policy
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Greens Vote To Make 'Abolish Landlords' Party Policy
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Yes fucking please.
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This seems like a really sensible combination of policies. Go Greens 👍
I'm (now somewhat half-heartedly I'm sad to say) going to give the Your Party project a chance to redeem itself and if it doesn't seem viable after the conference I'm joining the Greens.
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Lmao. I can't believe we're in a situation where even the fucking Greens support abolishing landlords while Your Party has a landlord as party secretary.
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There should be a new party called The Actually Liberal Party who just do what Your Party it's supposed to do, but won't do due to terrible organisation.
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Starting with rent controls and abolishing Right to Buy, a future Green Party-led government would also tax landlords via business rates on Airbnbs and double taxation on empty properties.
Under the proposals, the party would also end Buy to Let mortgages and give councils the Right to Buy when landlords sell properties, when the property doesn’t meet insulation standards, or when a property has been vacant for more than six months.
Carla Denyer, Green MP for Bristol Central, sought to stress that despite the motions "eye-catching" title, "it does not actually 'abolish' landlords".
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The taxing empty property 2x is smart.
Clearly someone recognised that as soon as they gain power. A lot of land lords would start refusing to rent. In the hope of creating a housing shortage and forcing the gov to reset.
The taxation forces them to either rent or sell. And sell at a reasonable price given changes in the market.
It prevents wealthy property owners trying to hold the gov hostage.
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I had a better idea. What about every additional house you own drives up the tax rate on every house you own by 1-2 %? This makes it affordable to still own a vacation house if you really want one, but by the 3-4th house, there's zero profit margin on the houses (if you're renting them out and it quickly becomes pointless or expensive to own multiple properties.
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This just creates a market for fake tenants.
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cc uplifting news
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I applied to view a house the other day and the landlord started to interview me before giving a viewing and has now stopped replying.
IN SO GLAD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PAY SOMEBODY ELSE'S MORTGAGE
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Nothing's worse than a long-running seller's market where the government is too weak to intervene.
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My first thought was, "there's a Landlords Party?"
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The Conservative Party, for one.
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If there are no more landlords then there is no more private renting? Where will people be able to live while they build up a deposit?
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Welllll
Carla Denyer, Green MP for Bristol Central, sought to stress that despite the motions "eye-catching" title, "it does not actually 'abolish' landlords".
For starters.
This is to make investment properties and landbanking less attractive. There will still be landlords. But slumlords and opportunists will be less attracted.
And it's also allowing:
[...] give councils the Right to Buy when landlords sell properties, when the property doesn’t meet insulation standards, or when a property has been vacant for more than six months.
So that also partially answers your question about council housing numbers.
All there in the article
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Just in time for Corbyn to split the left vote because he can't bear the thought of anybody else being in charge.
I know fuck all about UK politics, but bring em to the US.
They also oppose nuclear power and wind farms if they might impact house prices.
They seem to be moving away from that