New Posts For Thread: Paris introduces rent controlhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/30577303/paris-introduces-rent-controlhttp://www.france24.com/en/20150801-rent-control-law-paris-france-effect-regulationsProbably a non-starter due to the prevailing "Little Englander in his little house" mindset; nevertheless a great step forward for civilised living.Your rents would go down if you stopped importing dependent Muslims with their many wives.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/30577303/paris-introduces-rent-control?post_id=546033849#546033849Your rents would go down if you stopped importing dependent Muslims with their many wives.Mon, 31 Aug 2015 02:32:05 -0500Contrast the private renting experience in Germany to the abysmal state of affairs in this country, where a prospective tenant gets charged up to £150 for a "credit check" before being allowed to hand over his first month's rent and the deposit thathttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/30577303/paris-introduces-rent-control?post_id=546029957#546029957Contrast the private renting experience in Germany to the abysmal state of affairs in this country, where a prospective tenant gets charged up to £150 for a "credit check" before being allowed to hand over his first month's rent and the deposit thatSun, 30 Aug 2015 14:25:11 -0500Germany has had rent controls since WWII. From the parliamentary link: The private rented sector in Germany has some unique characteristics compared toother countries. In particular, renting is not seen as an inferior housing option but as afully acchttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/30577303/paris-introduces-rent-control?post_id=546029613#546029613Germany has had rent controls since WWII. From the parliamentary link: The private rented sector in Germany has some unique characteristics compared toother countries. In particular, renting is not seen as an inferior housing option but as afully accSun, 30 Aug 2015 13:55:45 -0500Curiously George Osborne announced rent controls in the summer budget for UK Housing Associations from 2016 onwards. They will have to reduce rents by 1% a year every year for 4 years..http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2015/jul/08/social-houhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/30577303/paris-introduces-rent-control?post_id=546029573#546029573Curiously George Osborne announced rent controls in the summer budget for UK Housing Associations from 2016 onwards. They will have to reduce rents by 1% a year every year for 4 years..http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2015/jul/08/social-houSun, 30 Aug 2015 13:49:39 -0500Germany does have rent controls now ( in 2015 ) but didn't have them in 2013.http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/22/uk-germany-coalition-property-idUKBRE99L0VC20131022It was a big election issue and Merkel has given in to her coalition partner on thttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/30577303/paris-introduces-rent-control?post_id=546029431#546029431Germany does have rent controls now ( in 2015 ) but didn't have them in 2013.http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/10/22/uk-germany-coalition-property-idUKBRE99L0VC20131022It was a big election issue and Merkel has given in to her coalition partner on tSun, 30 Aug 2015 13:29:14 -0500Correct but initial rents must not exceed the average by more than 20%, and the second generation rent controls suppress the average. www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn06747.pdf - section 3.4So it is incorrect to say that Germany does not have renhttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/30577303/paris-introduces-rent-control?post_id=546028335#546028335Correct but initial rents must not exceed the average by more than 20%, and the second generation rent controls suppress the average. www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/sn06747.pdf - section 3.4So it is incorrect to say that Germany does not have renSun, 30 Aug 2015 11:34:38 -0500biscuits - that reads like second generation rent controls. First generation rent controls, which most of the world know as simply 'rent controls' are about the starting price of your tenancy, and Germany doesn't have them until 2015..http://www.bbc.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/30577303/paris-introduces-rent-control?post_id=546026995#546026995biscuits - that reads like second generation rent controls. First generation rent controls, which most of the world know as simply 'rent controls' are about the starting price of your tenancy, and Germany doesn't have them until 2015..http://www.bbc.Sun, 30 Aug 2015 09:43:30 -0500bongo - I know that rents have been controlled in Dusseldorf since the end of WWII. Germany[edit]German rent regulation is found in the Civil Code (the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) in §§ 535 to 580a, and particular rights for tenants on termination ahttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/30577303/paris-introduces-rent-control?post_id=546024865#546024865bongo - I know that rents have been controlled in Dusseldorf since the end of WWII. Germany[edit]German rent regulation is found in the Civil Code (the Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch) in §§ 535 to 580a, and particular rights for tenants on termination aSun, 30 Aug 2015 05:54:54 -0500Rent is high in London yet you still want to import people from the Horn of Africa and give them houses there.https://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/30577303/paris-introduces-rent-control?post_id=546023803#546023803Rent is high in London yet you still want to import people from the Horn of Africa and give them houses there.Sun, 30 Aug 2015 01:42:15 -0500Some strange logic at work here biscuits:Until now France, Germany and the UK do not have rent controls in the private sector.But UK rents are massively higher than France and Germany.Therefore rent controls are the solution.Stockholm is different ashttps://community.betfair.com/politics/go/thread/view/94150/30577303/paris-introduces-rent-control?post_id=546022819#546022819Some strange logic at work here biscuits:Until now France, Germany and the UK do not have rent controls in the private sector.But UK rents are massively higher than France and Germany.Therefore rent controls are the solution.Stockholm is different asSat, 29 Aug 2015 19:03:10 -0500