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90% of MPs ‘ignorant of Build-to-Rent as housing crisis solution’
Lack of knowledge a key challenge as vast majority would NOT prioritise build-to-rent in their constituency.
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Campaigners call for MPs to return £42 million made on property sales
Scandal claimed as report by national newspaper reveals extraordinary profits made by 160 MPs on sales of tax-payer funded homes.
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Sofa, not so good! MPs urge new laws to regulate Airbnb rental properties
An influential parliamentary committe of MPs say Airbnb properties must meet the same standards of safety as those in the traditional lettings market.
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Universal Credit is “car crash” for tenants, landlords and agents, says MP
Universal Credit has been an “ideological error” for the 1.2 million tenants on housing benefit within the system as well as landlords and agents, it has been claimed by Stephen Lloyd, MP for Eastbourne (pictured, right). This is despite the Chancellor’s measures in his budget last November, which attempted to mitigate the financial stress of those moving to Universal Credit falling into rent arrears as they awaited payment. Stephen’s comments came during a debate he led in the House of Commons this morning during which speakers from all sides of the political spectrum savaged Universal Credit and its effect on the housing sector. As well as dramatically increasing the number of people presenting themselves to councils as homeless after being evicted from private rented properties for rent arrears, Universal Credit has made many private landlords reluctant to rent to claimants, he said. “Many years ago I warned that this would be a car crash, and it has become one,” he said. Quoting figures given to him by the Residential Landlords Association, he said 87% of landlords will not rent their properties to Universal Credit claimants and that among those who did, 38% have experienced rent arrears problems. He then called…
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MPs to tackle the housing crisis
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG), which is being chaired by Conservative MP James Cartlidge, has four vice-chairs: Helen Hayes, Lord Best, Stephen Pound and former Housing Minister, Mark Prisk. The group intends to produce an initial set of recommendations to Government on how to boost house building in the UK later this year. Cartlidge said, “Housing is increasingly becoming one of the most critical policy challenges facing local and national Government, and with a Housing Bill pending, it is likely to become more political and controversial. “In this context, a cross-party Parliamentary group focused objectively on the national policy challenge of housing offers a vehicle for taking the debate forward in a way that is both positive and constructive. Having spent my working life in the shared ownership housing sector, I am acutely aware of the challenges facing first time buyers, particularly in London. Equally, as a rural MP, I recognise the need for development to be sustainable. Ultimately, there are a whole raft of complex issues in housing and planning today but I hope that our APPG can make a real contribution to the debate.” Issues relating to housing were one of the hottest topics of the recent General…
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