I also hope they find a way to force owners of empty houses to sell them on. They interviewed a guy on the radio whose job it was to map empty houses and he reckons there are more of them than there are families looking for a home. Making them available would go a long way to solving the housing crisis and taking some of the heat out of the market.
It's really not hard to find a way, extremely high taxes on any property vacant for more than 182 days in a year. With our current system I think you effectively get a tax discount for vacant properties. (obviously there would have to be exceptions for people in hospital/prison/etc, but the principle is sound)
What they need to find is the will to do it.
Would be nice if the long-term residents were offered mortgages.
Good.
I live in fear of my landlord selling my home. I live in fear of my landlord hiking my rent. She lives in a mansion with a pool.
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