New Posts For Thread: the" tenant tax"https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650135/the-tenant-taxGovernment plans to introduce a so called tenant tax in that working couplesliving in council homes and earning a joint income of £40,000 or above in London and £30 ,000 + outside London will have to pay" market rate" rents or relocate to cheapWith tenants like TheBerk living in them.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650135/the-tenant-tax?post_id=547740135#547740135With tenants like TheBerk living in them.Mon, 08 Feb 2016 13:22:35 -0600Yeah most substandard housing is brought for cash by landlords and rented out by the likes of Cr@ppen.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650135/the-tenant-tax?post_id=547739897#547739897Yeah most substandard housing is brought for cash by landlords and rented out by the likes of Cr@ppen.Mon, 08 Feb 2016 13:02:38 -0600Many houses come under scrutiny when an attempt is made to sell them. Mining reports, subsidence, houses built on flood plains are just a few of the reasons for houses standing empty. The list grows longer as lender's rules for granting mortgages gethttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650135/the-tenant-tax?post_id=547739707#547739707Many houses come under scrutiny when an attempt is made to sell them. Mining reports, subsidence, houses built on flood plains are just a few of the reasons for houses standing empty. The list grows longer as lender's rules for granting mortgages getMon, 08 Feb 2016 12:47:04 -0600you are correct about the numbers - very much underestimated.there probably are 1m homes i bet - a lot of these might be in expensive areas though (gentrified areas- thats another debate ) Quote passageCapital Economics picked up the story in a notehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650135/the-tenant-tax?post_id=547739549#547739549you are correct about the numbers - very much underestimated.there probably are 1m homes i bet - a lot of these might be in expensive areas though (gentrified areas- thats another debate ) Quote passageCapital Economics picked up the story in a noteMon, 08 Feb 2016 12:34:13 -0600coach if people choose to live in big houses thats up to them, we cant have compulsory purchases for this reason. i also think the true population is far higher than official numbers. i saw a documentary a couple of years ago that said there are a mihttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650135/the-tenant-tax?post_id=547739441#547739441coach if people choose to live in big houses thats up to them, we cant have compulsory purchases for this reason. i also think the true population is far higher than official numbers. i saw a documentary a couple of years ago that said there are a miMon, 08 Feb 2016 12:24:16 -0600seems like theres always someone on the make to upset the balancehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650135/the-tenant-tax?post_id=547739431#547739431seems like theres always someone on the make to upset the balanceMon, 08 Feb 2016 12:23:07 -0600BTLers paying the BTL rates were fleeced out by the banks they would have been ideal landlordshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650135/the-tenant-tax?post_id=547739427#547739427BTLers paying the BTL rates were fleeced out by the banks they would have been ideal landlordsMon, 08 Feb 2016 12:22:40 -0600we need more private landlords - they can be offered 0% interest loans (or whatever the base rate is) they in turn (by law) can then offer cheap council style rents .simpleshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650135/the-tenant-tax?post_id=547739413#547739413we need more private landlords - they can be offered 0% interest loans (or whatever the base rate is) they in turn (by law) can then offer cheap council style rents .simplesMon, 08 Feb 2016 12:21:19 -0600Oh that's struck a nerve - TheBerk can't afford a car.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650135/the-tenant-tax?post_id=547739357#547739357Oh that's struck a nerve - TheBerk can't afford a car.Mon, 08 Feb 2016 12:17:17 -0600TheBaronI'd bet a toe-rag like you can't even afford to run a car.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30650135/the-tenant-tax?post_id=547739303#547739303TheBaronI'd bet a toe-rag like you can't even afford to run a car.Mon, 08 Feb 2016 12:13:09 -0600