Ten steps to release pressure on housing market

CLAPTON

purch wrote: »

Landlords should be encouraged to be more socially aware, and to accept responsibilities beyond just making themselves a nice profit.

It's the entire culture surrounding renting that needs to be assessed and altered.

Thee seems to be large numbers of people that agree with you.

I'm just a little surprised they don't buy properties and let them out on long term contracts at below cost to set an example of being 'socially aware'.

purch

Hopefully there is a middle ground more acceptable to everyone Clappers.

chucknorris

CLAPTON wrote: »

Thee seems to be large numbers of people that agree with you.

I'm just a little surprised they don't buy properties and let them out on long term contracts at below cost to set an example of being 'socially aware'.

My concerns would be:


1. Could I trust them to hand the property back in the same good condition.
2. Would it be more (or just as much) hassle having to deal with council employees rather than tenants that I have selected myself.
3. How much of a hit would I be taking on rental income.


Here is a thread form the LandlordZone forum:


http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?35811-Renting-to-the-council

antrobus

purch wrote: »

I think you'll find that is called Social Housing, and it already exists albeit in nowhere near enough quantity.
...

And I think you'll find that even 'social housing' is no longer provided on the basis of a lifetime tenancy any more. These days fixed term renewable tenancies are fast becoming the norm.

Conrad

For the umpteen time, building more will barely register a ripple because such things acts as a greater pull for migrants. How many roads across the SE is enough? How much intensive farming is enough (to feed the growing population)?


Do we really want an endless expansion of the Human pest, is this all that matters?

TickersPlaysPop

Is there an official statistic for the % of property sales per mth that are buy to let?

In response to Clapton....
We don't want to buy houses and let them at below avg rent, we want people to be able to buy their own home, for their mthly payments to go to buying their own home, and for people to have an investment for their later years..... We don't want people to be pushed down, exploited and kept in an economic lower class.

Houses for homes not profiteers

I realise now that a lot of people who post on here are landlords! I have been wondering what motivates people to post here. Mine is an awareness of what is going on in our country right now, and a sense of duty to try and do something about it.

Why do people post here?
Who posts here? Are you all landlords?
I think it would be very very interesting to know the backgrounds, careers, age, wealth, property portfolios of those that post here.

Surely some of your comments will be biased?

TickersPlaysPop

Demand keeps being mentioned....

What is the exact nature of the demand?

Who is buying, who wants to buy, what percent is buy to let, we need to understand the demand to know how to deal with it.

chucky

TickersPlaysPop wrote: »

Who posts here?

People like you who avoids questions put to them because it breaks their weak argument.

GeorgeHowell

I am an owner occupier but not a landlord. I do know however that a healthy private rental sector is a good thing and that to label all landlords as greedy exploiters of 'hard working families' is just agitprop claptrap. I also know that the long term solution for this country has to be less people. That's irrespective of race, nationality, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, social class, occupation, political leaning, or which football team they support ... just less people.

Masomnia

GeorgeHowell wrote: »

I am an owner occupier but not a landlord. I do know however that a healthy private rental sector is a good thing and that to label all landlords as greedy exploiters of 'hard working families' is just agitprop claptrap. I also know that the long term solution for this country has to be less people. That's irrespective of race, nationality, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, social class, occupation, political leaning, or which football team they support ... just less people.

How many people want to work longer and pay more tax to make up for it though?