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Post by brummieboy on Feb 11, 2024 18:35:44 GMT
Going back to housing, the proposed controls over evictions by outlined by Michael Gove may well have some influence on the matter. This Government has already made BTL a bit less palatable, especially for small operators, bu the security of tenure that this would offer, if rent control comes in as well, then many will be sold. I can see that this maywell have the opposite effect to what is desired as I think the number of private landlords may well be reduced, but their stock will be swallowed up by the larger owners who will find ways around legislation. Government interference in commerce never ends up well. It can only end up in unnecessary Government spending.
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Post by kris on Feb 11, 2024 18:36:34 GMT
This thread isn’t about housing.
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Post by on Feb 11, 2024 18:45:13 GMT
Just don't feed them.
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Post by Telemachus on Feb 11, 2024 18:59:19 GMT
Anyway with out some sort of UBI our society will go to shit. A capitalist/consumer society can’t function without people to buy the products. If they are replacing labour with robotics and AI making lots of people redundant, who is going to buy the products to make the profits? So it will make sense to the people at the top to give the mass populace enough money to buy the products. You spend too much time on the internet!
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Post by kris on Feb 11, 2024 19:00:46 GMT
Anyway with out some sort of UBI our society will go to shit. A capitalist/consumer society can’t function without people to buy the products. If they are replacing labour with robotics and AI making lots of people redundant, who is going to buy the products to make the profits? So it will make sense to the people at the top to give the mass populace enough money to buy the products. You spend too much time on the internet! And your too judgmental.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Feb 11, 2024 19:16:35 GMT
Going back to housing, the proposed controls over evictions by outlined by Michael Gove may well have some influence on the matter. This Government has already made BTL a bit less palatable, especially for small operators, bu the security of tenure that this would offer, if rent control comes in as well, then many will be sold. I can see that this maywell have the opposite effect to what is desired as I think the number of private landlords may well be reduced, but their stock will be swallowed up by the larger owners who will find ways around legislation. Government interference in commerce never ends up well. It can only end up in unnecessary Government spending. The problem with that is that there isn't the money in BTL for large businesses to be interested. When smaller operators sell up (I was one of them) I think the majority of properties will go to owner occupiers. This will further pressurise the sector- further rent increases. Whether this will lead to government enacting further populist anti-landlord legislation; or make them realise that a healthy buy to let sector is a national asset rather than a liability, remains to be seen.
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Post by on Feb 11, 2024 19:24:35 GMT
Its when the wogs own all the houses that one must become concerned.
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 11, 2024 19:32:45 GMT
If we just built millions of houses then most of the nation's problems would be solved, affordable housing and employment for those displaced from white collar jobs by AI. Bricks don't lay themselves. Perhaps Jim should suggest this to Sir Kneelalot?
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Post by Jim on Feb 12, 2024 14:10:55 GMT
If we just built millions of houses then most of the nation's problems would be solved, affordable housing and employment for those displaced from white collar jobs by AI. Bricks don't lay themselves. Perhaps Jim should suggest this to Sir Kneelalot? Don't worry, I agree about house building. Remind me what your mate Bozzer promised, how many houses a year haven't been built, how many were promised. How many of those built were "affordable", how many were really affordable? I have no problem keeping tenants long term, void properties and advertising cost money, best not to go for top whack to keep people long term, especially if they prove to be good tenants. Of course some landlords have failed , perhaps because of poor choice of tenant, maybe not vetting them properly. It's not possible just to rent out, sit back and watch the £££ roll in, there's work to be done.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Feb 12, 2024 15:38:58 GMT
It's funny how Jim takes the right wing view on buy to let, but a left wing view on everything else. Because he's personally invested in buy to let, perhaps?
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Post by Mr Stabby on Feb 12, 2024 15:41:55 GMT
It's funny how Jim takes the right wing view on buy to let, but a left wing view on everything else. Because he's personally invested in buy to let, perhaps? It's also funny that Jim thinks that anyone critical of Labour is a Conservative.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Feb 12, 2024 15:47:39 GMT
It's funny how Jim takes the right wing view on buy to let, but a left wing view on everything else. Because he's personally invested in buy to let, perhaps? It's also funny that Jim thinks that anyone critical of Labour is a Conservative. An inability to think beyond two possibilties. Binary thinking. Some just refer to such folk as simpletons.
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Post by Aloysius on Feb 12, 2024 17:14:03 GMT
If only Jim could embrace the sophistication of extremism then the world would be a far better place. *sigh*
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Post by Jim on Feb 12, 2024 17:14:32 GMT
Engels was a factory owner, supported Marx in his efforts. It depends on the attitude of the landlord, Shirley, having a care for tenants when it's needed, keeping rents affordable. You both might need to look up those unfamiliar principles, caring and sharing.
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Post by Jim on Feb 12, 2024 17:35:30 GMT
It's funny how Jim takes the right wing view on buy to let, but a left wing view on everything else. Because he's personally invested in buy to let, perhaps? It's also funny that Jim thinks that anyone critical of Labour is a Conservative. Eh? There are other factions, some worserer than Tories.
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