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Private landlords rake in housing benefit

Published on 28th April 2015, 11:49am

A Freedom of Information request from the GMB union reveals that some of Britain's wealthiest private landlords are being paid millions of pounds each in housing benefit at a time when social housing is being cut. The figures show that Ukip's housing spokesman Andrew Charalambous is among the biggest landlord recipients of housing benefit, having received £826,395 in the last tax year, putting…
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Rent control could lead to landlords quitting

Published on 28th April 2015, 11:47am

The Association of Residential Letting Agents says that three quarters of its agents are concerned that Labour party rent control proposals will result in a reduced supply. They are worried that many landlords will quit the market, and the areas most likely to be hardest hit are the northwest and east Midlands. A separate editorial in the Times suggests that rent controls could actually result in…
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Homebuilding targets 'unachievable'

Published on 28th April 2015, 11:45am

A survey by Knight Frank reveals that 67% of housebuilders think that the maximum sustainable annual delivery of new homes is 180,000 or less, below the figures that all the main parties have promised. More than half of all respondents added that a rise in the delivery of affordable homes over the next year was unlikely. Justin Gaze, joint head of residential development at Knight Frank, said: “The…
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