{"id":147110,"date":"2024-09-19T17:03:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T10:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/billionaire-guy-hands-property-firm-takes-housing-reforms-to-european-court\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T18:59:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T11:59:58","slug":"billionaire-guy-hands-property-firm-takes-housing-reforms-to-european-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/billionaire-guy-hands-property-firm-takes-housing-reforms-to-european-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire Guy Hands\u2019 property firm takes housing reforms to European court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nAnnington Property fears recent legislation will force it to offload some of the 38,000 freeholds it owns on UK military homesA property company founded by the billionaire Guy Hands has taken a legal fight with the UK government to the European court of human rights over fears it could lose significant sums as a result of planned housing reforms.Annington Property, which owns the freehold of about 38,000 military homes, has filed the claim against the housing minister, Angela Rayner, over concerns that the new Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act could force it to off-load the homes well below market value. Last month it launched a challenge in the high court on the same grounds. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2024\/sep\/19\/billionaire-guy-hands-property-firm-takes-housing-reforms-to-european-court\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billionaire Guy Hands\u2019 property firm takes housing reforms to European court<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Annington Property fears recent legislation will force it to offload some of the 38,000 freeholds&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-CgK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":124381,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/mod-seeks-to-buy-back-38000-homes-leased-from-billionaire\/","url_meta":{"origin":147110,"position":0},"title":"MoD seeks to buy back 38,000 homes leased from billionaire","date":"January 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Guy Hands and Annington Homes, rather than taxpayers, benefited from soaring UK property market after 1996 privatisationThe UK government wants to reverse a controversial privatisation deal by seeking to wrest ownership of 38,000 homes in the Ministry of Defence housing portfolio from the billionaire private equity boss Guy Hands.The\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":124377,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/uk-seeks-to-unwind-7-6bn-housing-deal-with-guy-hands-annington-homes\/","url_meta":{"origin":147110,"position":1},"title":"UK seeks to unwind \u00a37.6bn housing deal with Guy Hands\u2019 Annington Homes","date":"January 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Ministry of Defence wants to take back ownership of tens of thousands of properties sold off in 1996\r \r Source : ft.com\r Read more...UK seeks to unwind \u00a37.6bn housing deal with Guy Hands\u2019 Annington Homes","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":76008,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/private-equity-giant-blackstones-uk-social-housing-deal-sparks-fears-for-low-income-tenants\/","url_meta":{"origin":147110,"position":2},"title":"Private equity giant Blackstone\u2019s UK social housing deal sparks fears for low-income tenants","date":"January 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Private equity giant Blackstone has struck a deal with UK social housing association Sage, sparking fears from campaigners that it will price out low-earning, elderly and sick tenants. 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