What do you have to do to get the Bell Riots started?
#SanFrancisco #SF #StarTrek #Housing #Inequality #AIBubble #TechBros #SiliconValley
Imagine living in London and thinking it's Immigrants that are driving up prices and not the Oligarchs who own all the properties....
https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/east-london-housing-problems-arent-32614965
#London #Immigration #Housing #TaxTheRich #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS
Cory Doctorow
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"Starting with rent controls and abolishing Right to Buy, a future Green Party-led government would also tax landlords via business rates on Airbnbs and double taxation on empty properties. Under the proposals, the party would also end Buy to Let mortgages and give councils the Right to Buy when landlords sell properties, when the property doesn鈥檛 meet insulation standards, or when a property has been vacant for more than six months."
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/green-party-passes-motion-committing-abolish-landlords
"Starting with rent controls and abolishing Right to Buy, a future Green Party-led government would also tax landlords via business rates on Airbnbs and double taxation on empty properties. Under the proposals, the party would also end Buy to Let mortgages and give councils the Right to Buy when landlords sell properties, when the property doesn鈥檛 meet insulation standards, or when a property has been vacant for more than six months."
https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/green-party-passes-motion-committing-abolish-landlords
"Residents told the LDRS they have seen plans for a 10-storey 'affordable' housing block and a 31-storey tower block which would be entirely private. When the LDRS asked Hyde for further clarification on the types of tenure in each of the blocks and proposed heights of the buildings, a spokesperson said it was subject to planning approval."
https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/new-flat-15k-cash-south-32599840
