Council Tax on empty property

sevenhills

AnotherJoe wrote: »

Indeed but as you know its a canard to claim that single people are being charged more, doubles (or more) are sharing costs, which isa different thing. The charges themselves are not per head, they are for a service or item, lets say for renting a hotel room, heating a house, renting a car, and if two or more people decide to share the cost then obviously its cheaper for each individual because that what sharing a cost means.

A single person pays 75% council tax.
A couple pay 50% each.

Crashy_Time

justjohn wrote: »

Yes and No . Current policy is they do not want empty houses and since the goverment does not build many houses anymore they are trying to force occupancey of empty proprties.


If a property is empty or up for sale for more than 2 year they hammer the owner on council tax.

2 years is a long time though?

Crashy_Time

justjohn wrote: »

Yes and No . Current policy is they do not want empty houses and since the goverment does not build many houses anymore they are trying to force occupancey of empty proprties.


If a property is empty or up for sale for more than 2 year they hammer the owner on council tax.

I think the main reason is to raise revenue, property is just an easy target.

lisyloo

Crashy_Time wrote: »

I think the main reason is to raise revenue, property is just an easy target.

It's also to discourage people leaving property empty which is the right thing to do whilst young people can't buy homes.

Crashy_Time

lisyloo wrote: »

It's also to discourage people leaving property empty which is the right thing to do whilst young people can't buy homes.

Empty property has nothing to do with young people not being able to buy homes.

lisyloo

Crashy_Time wrote: »

Empty property has nothing to do with young people not being able to buy homes.

I disagree and it took me about 20 seconds to find an organisation that agrees that empty homes are a contributory factor (I didn’t say it was the main or a major factor)

https://www.bigissue.com/latest/why-does-the-uk-have-a-housing-crisis/

It’s eye waterlingly obvious that any home not being used is going to stop someone else using it. Obviously there are examples (like the over 55 retirement flat I’m currently selling) that wouldn’t help a young person directly but even that is in a chain enabling one couple to move upmarket and another to get into the market.

Crashy_Time

lisyloo wrote: »

I disagree and it took me about 20 seconds to find an organisation that agrees that empty homes are a contributory factor (I didn’t say it was the main or a major factor)

https://www.bigissue.com/latest/why-does-the-uk-have-a-housing-crisis/

It’s eye waterlingly obvious that any home not being used is going to stop someone else using it. Obviously there are examples (like the over 55 retirement flat I’m currently selling) that wouldn’t help a young person directly but even that is in a chain enabling one couple to move upmarket and another to get into the market.

Yes, but very very little to do with why young people can`t buy homes.

AdrianC

Crashy_Time wrote: »

Yes, but very very little to do with why young people can`t buy homes.

We'll add "basic supply and demand" and "trickle-down" to the long list of economic fundamentals that you don't even begin to understand.

theartfullodger

justjohn wrote: »

Council tax goes to local authorites not goverment lol
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That'll be Local Government then.....

lookstraightahead

I get cheesed off that I have to pay for schools when my children don't go any more. Or that I only use my car locally and pay for the motorway upgrades. I produce less waste than my neighbours who have four kids. Wound you like to pay for the council to look at every single household's situation and come up with a bespoke bill? That means an increase in income tax ...