{"id":9620,"date":"2016-04-01T18:10:36","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T11:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-real-tory-chancellor-wouldnt-persecute-buy-to-let-landlords-simon-jenkins\/"},"modified":"2016-04-01T18:24:32","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T11:24:32","slug":"a-real-tory-chancellor-wouldnt-persecute-buy-to-let-landlords-simon-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/a-real-tory-chancellor-wouldnt-persecute-buy-to-let-landlords-simon-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"A real Tory chancellor wouldn\u2019t persecute buy-to-let landlords | Simon Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nOf course there are racketeers and slum landlords, but going after all landlords is an oddly un-Tory move that won\u2019t help \u2013 or free up any under-used spaceIs George Osborne really a Tory? This week his previous grovelling before communist China over steel tariffs has returned to haunt him. His conversion to a socialist \u201cliving wage\u201d is enraging small businesses. Today, in a sudden revulsion against market economics he is penalising buy-to-let investors \u2013 and their tenants.Osborne\u2019s assault on buy-to-let is mystifying. With the withering away of public housing, private renting is how evermore people live, especially in cities. They include the migratory rich, millennials, those unable to afford a house and those who are just very poor and cannot get a council tenancy. Between 2001 and 2011, private renting in London went from 17% to 26% of the housing market, and is continuing to rise. The London borough of Newham takes in 5,000 newcomers a year, virtually all poor and renting privately. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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