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I agree. In fact if BTL were made less attractive, my belief is that those controlling the market would reduce the number of houses we build and find other ways of maintaining prices.
There might well be some truth in that. Indeed, arguably that already happens to a large extent. I think its certainly true that we seem to live in a society where maintaining high house prices is a policy aim. Personally I think that it's bonkers that we do that, but a quick glance at these boards shows that there's no shortage of people who disagree with me.
I suppose my issue with BTL comes from the fact that I view housing as primarilly a social commodity rather than an economic one. It does after all meet the basic human need for shelter, and is fundemental to a whole host of more "emotional" factors that are fundemental to people's wellbeing. In that sense, I consider it important that as many existing houses as possible are used to provide housing that gives people the security of tenure needed to put down roots and feel confident to move forward in life. By its very definition, the current BTL model based on the AST works directly against this.0 -
I suppose my issue with BTL comes from the fact that I view housing as primarilly a social commodity rather than an economic one. It does after all meet the basic human need for shelter, and is fundemental to a whole host of more "emotional" factors that are fundemental to people's wellbeing. In that sense, I consider it important that as many existing houses as possible are used to provide housing that gives people the security of tenure needed to put down roots and feel confident to move forward in life. By its very definition, the current BTL model based on the AST works directly against this.
I agree BTL does not help people put down roots. Only point I think is worth making is that some people actually want AST to meet the needs of their jobs or want to try out an area before buying or while they look for a property to buy.Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are incapable of forming such opinions.0 -
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