None of those factors you mention detract from the capitalist nature of the system because they do not propose to socialise housing. All they are doing is tinkering with the rules. They might be bad rules that we should oppose...
Reply to the comment left by Peter Merrick at 19/02/2024 - 08:11Council estates only became dumping grounds for problem families in the late 1970s and 80s due to lax allocation policies and poor maintenance. In the 1950s and 60s the...
Right to Buy has cost the taxpayer more than keeping the stock, and the housing benefit bill has skyrocketed. Supporting Right to Buy makes no sense from the perspective of saving taxpayer money. Socialism requires the state or common ownership...
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 16/02/2024 - 10:54Not true. Only since the 2022-23 tax year have councils been allowed to keep 100% of their Right to Buy revenue with five years to spend it. Normally councils...
On what basis would you offer your tenants 10 months' rent back for buying the house? Why not simply sell to another landlord and/or offer the tenants first refusal without losing thousands of pounds?
Reply to comment left by Chris Chadwick at 20/02/2024 - 13:10
None of those factors you mention detract from the capitalist nature of the system because they do not propose to socialise housing. All they are doing is tinkering with the rules. They might be bad rules that we should oppose...
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Reply to the comment left by Peter Merrick at 19/02/2024 - 08:11Council estates only became dumping grounds for problem families in the late 1970s and 80s due to lax allocation policies and poor maintenance. In the 1950s and 60s the...
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Right to Buy has cost the taxpayer more than keeping the stock, and the housing benefit bill has skyrocketed. Supporting Right to Buy makes no sense from the perspective of saving taxpayer money. Socialism requires the state or common ownership...
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Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 16/02/2024 - 10:54Not true. Only since the 2022-23 tax year have councils been allowed to keep 100% of their Right to Buy revenue with five years to spend it. Normally councils...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Derek STOBBS at 16/02/2024 - 17:01
On what basis would you offer your tenants 10 months' rent back for buying the house? Why not simply sell to another landlord and/or offer the tenants first refusal without losing thousands of pounds?
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