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The Mail, as has been noted at least 20 times, is akin to the National Enquirer.
If you are so interested in the UK, and it seems that you are, why not move there so that you can change these perceived problems.
The Mail, as has been noted at least 20 times, is akin to the National Enquirer.
If you are so interested in the UK, and it seems that you are, why not move there so that you can change these perceived problems.
I have no particular interest in the UK. I just google stuff and apparently similar issues arise often in the UK.
In this case I googled "taxed out of their homes" in the hope of finding posts about Proposition 13 and similar stuff. That is, I was looking for articles about efforts to protect people from being taxed out of their homes, not efforts to tax people out of their homes.
Didn't think anyone would propose such a thing.
Perhaps bedrooms could be a new symbol of inequality on both sides of the Atlantic?
25 million empty bedrooms across the country at a time when many are struggling to buy
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Conservatives are going to have a lot of fun with this one, so have at it...
What loony liberals like this one don't get is this phenomenon is a direct result of state interference in the housing market. If an older person has a dirt cheap government flat they are not going to give it up even if they have no need for it.
You see this a lot in New York City where old people rattle around 4 br apartments in prime areas because they pay dirt cheap rent due to stabilization. The simpletons just don't understand how economics work.
What loony liberals like this one don't get is this phenomenon is a direct result of state interference in the housing market. If an older person has a dirt cheap government flat they are not going to give it up even if they have no need for it.
You see this a lot in New York City where old people rattle around 4 br apartments in prime areas because they pay dirt cheap rent due to stabilization. The simpletons just don't understand how economics work.
The article does not reference government funded or government subsidised housing.
In the UK, seniors living on their own actually get a break on their property tax.
They don't need them as it is already happening in towns across the US where high property taxes are forcing long-established residents to sell up and move to lower cost areas. Happened to at least two people I know.
It is not happening in the UK as yet and, quite honestly, is unlikely to happen.
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