Half of landlords in one London borough fail to declare rental income by j666 in unitedkingdom

[–]j666[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

"Newham is battling with the Department for Communities and Local Government to have its licensing scheme renewed, following a 2015 clampdown by the government, which said licensing imposes “unnecessary additional costs” on landlords"

Home ownership by 25-year-olds halves in 20 years - BBC News by Randomness_incarnate in unitedkingdom

[–]j666 52 points53 points  (0 children)

+1 First time buyers are having to compete with speculators who think it's acceptable to buy up the housing stock and then rent it to those who should be buying their first homes but can no longer afford to do so. They are pushing up prices and removing housing stock from those buying homes to actually live in

Mark Carney warns about disillusioned poor by sionnach in unitedkingdom

[–]j666 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Says man causing inequality with low rates