General Election 8th June – Who on earth do landlords vote for?

I just read a report on the sun mostly neither here or their but stated temporary accomidation 'cost' has risen almost 50% in recent years. Imagine how much it will rise when sec 24 gets going or even is extended!!

Reply to the comment left by "NW Landlord" at "28/04/2017 - 10:58":

Hi Yes options is an area I am looking at.
Although my next BTL will be in a Ltd Co.
Options are complicated so I am learning more.
On the issue of tactical voting I am voting UKIP because my MP was G Osborn now Esther Mcvey. GO had a majority of 18,000 which i am assuming Tory will still get in but hopefully a reduced majority. Purely to make a point.

The Conservative party who are meant to reward hard work and enterprise have let down landlords badly. It is very, very tempting not to vote Conservative after Osbourne's ill thought out changes. However it has been pointed out that protest votes to UKIP may well give Labour a majority and Corbyn would get in, not UKIP. Labour believe that the PRS has no role to play in housing. If they get in there would be a lot of policies implemented against private landlords, the minimum would be something like rent controls which they are on record saying they would like to be introduced. Conservative is probably the only way to vote if you do not want a Labour government.

Reply to the comment left by "Jane Rees" at "28/04/2017 - 17:37":

Speaking personally knowing the overwhelming majority of labour mps are not in the corbyn fold, i doubt rent control would happen. Take John Healey (shadow housing minister) avoided answering whether rent controlls would be enacted/put in manifesto and so did another labour MP today. Plus another shadow housing minister who was 'actively' promoting the idea in the run up to the last election shortly afterwards said they had come to realise to the effect of it was a policy which would not work. So when it came labour MP's would probably vote against it in my view. That is not to say they would not enact more petty regulations/taxation potentially though.

Reply to the comment left by "Tobias Nightingale" at "28/04/2017 - 18:55":

Ah, Tobias. You have reminded me of my favourite letter I wrote in this whole campaign and God knows how many I've written. Here it is for anyone with a few minutes to spare. If you want to comment on it that would be good - it would revive an old article:

https://www.property118.com/why-does-labour-want-to-force-out-tenants-on-benefits-to-make-room-for-tory-owner-occupiers/82058/

And if you have more time on your hands, here is one I wrote to another Labour MP after another intelligent Labour intervention (interference) related to the PRS:

https://www.property118.com/free-housing-for-rogue-tenants-its-okay-landlords-will-pay/82670/

In regards to the election and for those of you who think voting Tory is the best way forward.

At the last election there was no mention of Section 24, abolition of the wear & tear allowance and a stamp duty surcharge.

Despite that, by the time of the next budget a lot of us received a death sentence, for a crime we didn't commit.

Some are simply now sat on Death Row waiting for our lethal injections from HMRC.

Just suppose, in the same time span, after this election, the next budget abolished all tax relief on BTL mortgages and it wasn't even phased in and incorporation relief was abolished for all residential and commercial property businesses.

Would you still vote Tory?

Consider that in less than 12 months you could all be bankrupt.

The problem is that at this moment in time, nobody is telling us what their manifesto will be, except the Greens, who last Sunday announced further landlord bashing to solve the housing crisis.

So that might warrant a little reflection.

The Tories will probably win the election, but I wouldn't like to see them with a bigger majority, because if that happens, we may be crushed under the weight of the the next budget, corporates and legislation.

# VOTE UKIP

Reply to the comment left by "Jane Rees" at "28/04/2017 - 17:37":

The 'Traditional Moderate' Labour voters I have spoken to, would rather vote UKIP than Labour or Tory at the moment.

To vote Tory would be the equivalent of an Ulster Unionist voting for Seinn Fein, it's too big an emotional jump.

Nutty Nigel made a big mistake by not standing in this election.

If he doesn't get enough media coverage, UKIP will struggle.

But I can't vote Tory, unlike last time, because of what they allowed Osborne to do to us.

There is no way I'm going to reward them with my vote,

But spoiling my vote is an insult to those who fought for it.

But voting Tory because of Brexit? We must be nuts!

it's the equivalent of letting someone who ran our kids down as a drunk driver, being able to bribe the witnesses, which later resulted in them getting off a prison sentence on a technicality and a £200 fine.

You would never forgive yourself, if you allowed it to happen.

# VOTE UKIP

Reply to the comment left by "Gary Dully" at "29/04/2017 - 00:38":

But Gary, UKIP has not clarified its position. It could have a worse position on housing and taxing landlords than all other parties. It is a vote in the dark. What would help would be if Paul Nuttall made a statement in our favour. But he hasn't.

I never like the idea of voting for another person/group because you don't like the one you have, whilst knowing nothing of what the other one will do. I compare it to feminists protesting on the streets against the Shah and then getting the Ayatollah and having to cover up and live as second class citizens. The grass isn't always greener.

There is no easy solution to this, but I don't agree that spoiling your vote is an insult against the Chartists and the suffragists, because you are turning up at the polling station and you are basically saying that all the politicians are shite, they are not getting your vote, but you're making it clear that it's not because you can't be arsed to go out and vote.

Everyone votes for whom they choose, and lives with the result, but to vote UKIP you might as well stay at home that day. They could not even get elected when they were riding the top of the waves. Their only MP got in as he was Tory MP in his constituency before changing sides, not that I would trust a man who jumps ship each time he thinks it is sinking.

Yes the Tory's did s**t on us last time, but the culprits have now left the party, it was just a game to Cameron and Osbourne, they didn't give a toss for the voters just their own ego's. They just wanted to look popular. We were an easy target, everybody hates us. Now the Conservatives will not be tied to a Manifesto that stops them raising taxes. Their only choice before was stealth taxes, such as removing financial relief, putting up car tax, and the outrageous probate charges. The country is sagging under the weight of debt and the endless benefit culture, they need to find the money somewhere. Hopefully they will have other means to get the money in and stop bashing us.

Reply to the comment left by "Colin Dartnell" at "29/04/2017 - 07:45":

In that case then, the Tory manifesto should say they intend to repeal section 24, so we won't know for a few weeks yet.

Don't hold your breath.