Massive social housing build. With 2x taxation (council tax I assume) for empty houses.
Idea being landlord are either forced to rent at reducing prices. Or sell the property at reducing prices. Rather then hold on and force a housing shortage while the gov tries to build housing.
Personally: I’d add set up a nationalised building firm. To buy unused brown field land (using eminent domain). And provide building services and equipment to local auths.
Or building corp will just refuse to build untill the gov is classed as a failure. We have already seen such companies sit on development land until prices increase.
This is basically the green proposal.
Massive social housing build. With 2x taxation (council tax I assume) for empty houses.
Idea being landlord are either forced to rent at reducing prices. Or sell the property at reducing prices. Rather then hold on and force a housing shortage while the gov tries to build housing.
Personally: I’d add set up a nationalised building firm. To buy unused brown field land (using eminent domain). And provide building services and equipment to local auths.
Or building corp will just refuse to build untill the gov is classed as a failure. We have already seen such companies sit on development land until prices increase.