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Kizzy 08-05-2012 07:52 PM

Rents in London
 
Was just looking back at work I did last year on rent strikes during the industrial revoloution. Private landlords squeezing the workers with inflated rents in the capital and close to industry....Are we going backwards?....

http://londonist.com/2012/04/mayoral...t-the-rent.php

http://www.tenantshistory.org.uk/

Should the government intervene as they did then?...

Omah 08-05-2012 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by kizzy (Post 5126024)
Was just looking back at work I did last year on rent strikes during the industrial revoloution. Private landlords squeezing the workers with inflated rents in the capital and close to industry....Are we going backwards?....

http://londonist.com/2012/04/mayoral...t-the-rent.php

http://www.tenantshistory.org.uk/

Should the government intervene as they did then?...

Grant Shapps, the current Housing Minister, is, apparently, a non-interventionist, being in favour of a community-up approach to solving the housing crisis and against a Government top-down strategy. This, presumably, means leaving local authorities to sell off what's left of the old "council houses" and letting "market forces" determine new-build levels and provision/price of rented accommodation while Shapps makes vague promises of "support" for those who participate in local "empowerment".

Given the current economic climate and the preference of Government ministers to fraternise with the rich, powerful and self-interested, any possibility of the introduction of a major "affordable housing" strategy is, IMO, remote.

Omah 08-05-2012 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kizzy (Post 5126024)

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1945 - 1946

Over 40,000 families occupy former army camps and empty homes from Yorkshire to the South Coast in a wave of squatting. Squatters groups form federations, calling for more affordable housing. A major council house building programme is launched.

1975 - 1976

Estimates of 10,000 to 50,000 organised squatters living in abandoned private and public housing. Housing is a major issue for the "underground press". Housing co-operatives formed. Homeless Persons Act (1977) passed after long campaigns about homelessness.
Maybe it's time for another "squatting" campaign - local empowerment in its most direct form ..... :pipe:

Kizzy 09-05-2012 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Omah (Post 5126441)
Maybe it's time for another "squatting" campaign - local empowerment in its most direct form ..... :pipe:

No omah, the point I was trying to raise is the exploitative private landlords.....Don't give them any reason to target regular working households unable to afford a morgage by suggesting they squat...Which is now an illegal act BTW....

Omah 09-05-2012 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by kizzy (Post 5126488)
No omah, the point I was trying to raise is the exploitative private landlords.....Don't give them any reason to target regular working households unable to afford a morgage by suggesting they squat...Which is now an illegal act BTW....

:thumbs:

Kizzy 09-05-2012 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Omah (Post 5126489)
:thumbs:

Get researching my pretty :)

Omah 09-05-2012 01:56 AM

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Originally Posted by kizzy (Post 5126508)
Get researching my pretty :)

Not this time ..... I enjoyed reading YOUR links ..... :wavey:

arista 09-05-2012 04:39 AM

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Originally Posted by kizzy (Post 5126488)
No omah, the point I was trying to raise is the exploitative private landlords.....Don't give them any reason to target regular working households unable to afford a morgage by suggesting they squat...Which is now an illegal act BTW....

If it is Illegal it must be dealt with.

But going back in time
its not so easy to say its the same.
They never had a Dead Greece
hanging onto the money and banks
of the Whole World.


Supply and Demand is our problem.

Kizzy 09-05-2012 06:07 PM

According to ol queenie we dont have to bail out the rest of europe anymore...yey!

Jack_ 09-05-2012 06:19 PM

Thanks Thatcher.

Kizzy 09-05-2012 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jack_ (Post 5127558)
Thanks Thatcher.

What do you mean jack...Right to buy?


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