Is a vote for Reform the logical choice for landlords?

Is a vote for Reform the logical choice for landlords?

22:12 PM, 29th May 2024, About 7 months ago 139

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I’d appreciate your thoughts because it seems to me that the only realistic hope for landlords teaching the two major political Parties a lesson is to vote Reform in the hope of a Labour  / Reform coalition. Surely that would put the cat among the pigeons!

Reform appears to me to be the only UK political party happy to fight for landlords and lower rates of tax.

Am I missing something?

I found this on their website

HOUSING

The UK population has grown by over 1.3 million in just 2 years. Yet only 425,000 homes have been built. The Office of National Statistics forecast the population to grow by nearly 7 million between 2021 and 2036, putting huge pressure on housing.

Mass immigration is the main factor in this. Other factors that have damaged housing supply are overly bureaucratic planning regulations that delay decisions and add huge cost.

Critical reforms needed in the first 100 days:

Housing tick

Review the Planning System.
Fast track planning and tax incentives for development of brownfield sites, including unused offices and vacant high street properties. Review system of Section 106 Developer Contributions for infrastructure such as schools and surgeries to accelerate house building.

 

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Reform Social Housing Law.
Prioritise local people and those who have paid into the system. In parts of the UK almost half of all social housing is occupied by someone born overseas. Foreign nationals must go to the back of the queue. Not the front.

 

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Scrap the 2019 Tax Changes for Landlords.
The tax system should encourage smaller landlords into the rental markets. Not penalise them.

 

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Abolish the Renters’ (Reform) Bill.
Existing legislation was adequate to address bad practices. Instead, we will boost the monitoring, appeals and enforcement process.

Thereafter:

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Incentivise Use of New Construction Technology.
Such as modular construction, and smart infrastructure.

 

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More Homegrown Qualified Traders.
New apprenticeships and vocational courses will increase the supply of skilled, well-paid workers to replace cheap overseas labour.

Housing Pledges Costs = £ Neutral


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SCP

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14:00 PM, 17th June 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Alexandra at 15/06/2024 - 19:35
Your local MP has to accept his Party's Policy on RRB.
You have described him using the safe word "Indian."
For all I know, his name could denote a Khalistani or a Muslim.
But you dare not use those words, for they are "protected."
I looked him up: He was born in Northern Ireland and went to Uni in Glasgow.

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14:04 PM, 17th June 2024, About 6 months ago

The Reform Party is talking about repealing Section 24. Well finally a party that stands up for landlords!

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14:05 PM, 17th June 2024, About 6 months ago

The Reform Party is talking about repealing Section 24. Well finally a party that stands up for landlords!

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14:06 PM, 17th June 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Karen at 17/06/2024 - 14:04
Reform Uk also want to bin the damaging Renters Reform Bill

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14:06 PM, 17th June 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by Karen at 17/06/2024 - 14:04
It's just because they have no chance of winning this election as admitted by farage today to carry out their manifesto.

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14:18 PM, 17th June 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by T C at 17/06/2024 - 14:06
It has to start somewhere. You cannot go from zero to Government overnight. But a large contingent like SDP might have some influence. Apart from Unionists from NI, it's Tories vs everyone else. Maybe Reform would lend a hand, for a price!

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14:35 PM, 17th June 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by T C at 17/06/2024 - 12:34
A hung Parliament won't happen, but if it did, we would have Labour and Libdems, and we know what a mess the Libdems left after the 2010 election.

JB

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14:58 PM, 17th June 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by SCP at 17/06/2024 - 14:29
One migrant a minute comes into the country - we cannot sustain that level.
Reform is the only party willing to tackle this and a large contingent of the electorate want it tackled

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15:07 PM, 17th June 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by SCP at 17/06/2024 - 14:29
Or maybe those that have lived here for many generations and created the Great Britain we have, don't want it changed, for the worse, overnight.

uncontrolled immigration and asylum seekers (hah!) does nothing positive for this country. It just adds loading to all of our services and infrastructure.

When you see 40% of those living in London are not born in the UK, you start to realise why there is pressure on housing, and health, and every other service. It's not xenophobia, but it might be nationalism.

Karen

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15:24 PM, 17th June 2024, About 6 months ago

Reply to the comment left by T C at 17/06/2024 - 14:06
Thats very cynical. I know its difficult with our first past the post system, but at least they are supporting landlords, none of which can be said for any of the other parties!

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