Suggestions for controlling house price rises

spinbuster

TickersPlaysPop wrote: »

If we allow property to increase in an attempt to discourage immigration it would be a very socially divisive policy.

I think immigration pushes property prices up so it should be self correcting.

cepheus

BBC News - European Commission urges UK to tax expensive homes and build more houses. more http://bbc.in/1m76dC5 #UKIP

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The only way to fairness in housing is to tax property

Help to Buy and the other government schemes merely lock in place an unjust system which rewards those in power

Even in London there are more bedrooms than people: a greater supply of housing per head than there has ever been. But because inequality has been expanding even faster than extensions and conversions, most of this abundance of space is in the hands of the people who need it least. A well-aimed tax would help to match housing to need – and would doubtless prompt a major reassessment of how much new building is really required.

When an obvious answer is ignored or repudiated by almost everyone, you see that this is a problem which is not supposed to be solved. The government's measures – Help to Buy, less planning control, incentives for landlords – are not intended to accommodate those in greatest need. They accommodate the unjust system that keeps them there.

Cornucopia

The size of households has decreased - but you know that?

The only answer is to build more. Anything else is a short-term fix at best.

Presumably you are opposed to the Bedroom Tax, so what makes you think such a measure would work for private housing?

It's also a massive vote-loser for any party proposing it.

CLAPTON

cepheus wrote: »

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The only way to fairness in housing is to tax property

Help to Buy and the other government schemes merely lock in place an unjust system which rewards those in power

Even in London there are more bedrooms than people: a greater supply of housing per head than there has ever been. But because inequality has been expanding even faster than extensions and conversions, most of this abundance of space is in the hands of the people who need it least. A well-aimed tax would help to match housing to need – and would doubtless prompt a major reassessment of how much new building is really required.

When an obvious answer is ignored or repudiated by almost everyone, you see that this is a problem which is not supposed to be solved. The government's measures – Help to Buy, less planning control, incentives for landlords – are not intended to accommodate those in greatest need. They accommodate the unjust system that keeps them there.

clearly the shortage of housing in London has nothing to do with the low property building rate or the increase in population

but then the Guardian did tell it's readers to vote for the LibDem at the last election so any inanity is possible