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Abbot calls for rent controls at 50% of annual council tax bill

Published on 11/12/2014 By Tomas

  Published by Landlord Today on Wednesday, 10 December 2014   Labour Mayoral hopeful Diane Abbott MP has called for a system of private sector rent controls in a paper published today with renter rights campaign Generation Rent. Under the proposals, monthly rents could be no more than 50% of the local annual council tax […]

How social tenure in the UK affects new build property developments

Published on 06/10/2010 By Tomas

Published by Hellium by Katerina Nikolas on 02 October 2010   When the Thatcher government introduced the right to buy scheme for council house tenants, the best of the council house stock was bought up. Some neighbourhoods underwent much improvement as previous tenants became more committed within the communities and new pride in their homes […]