Well this certainly seems to be an emergency. Has it happened before? Like with floods, or earthquakes or something.. and is it in fact only a temporary thing? until the destroyed homes are renewed? so it would in effect be a pragmatic stop-gap only, so as the investor is minimally inconvenienced?
When houses are bought by the rich to leave empty in the expectation that they will increase in value, they are taking those houses out of the market. Taking houses out of the market reduces supply, increases house prices, pushes up rent. Houses should be used for what they are built for, to be lived in. It's a disgrace for people, and councils I might add, to leave homes empty when there are people out there who can't find a home to live in.
Chaka comes across pretty well to me. Bojo, Gove and May can't be far away from a trip to Bedlam!
Nothing like a bit of civil unrest to get the juices flowing, eh?I'll tell you what would cause unrest, if a family of survivors broke in and squatted in one of these houses and the coppers went in to try and evict them.
they should get it at market value, and an annual fee based on any increase in value in subsequent years to compensate them for losing their investment and maybe even a chunk of their retirement.
but this is Corbyn so he'll just steal it.
Nothing like a bit of civil unrest to get the juices flowing, eh?
In war it is widespread, in peace time not so much. The use of the word requisitioning is important, it is not permanent re-allocation or compulsory purchase and at the end of the process the owners are recompensed.
I'm genuinely glad to hear that.It doesn't float my boat.
Right fair, hand on heart, how many private investors do you think are voluntarily going to answer that call. These are people who these investor types wouldn't want to share their neighborhood with, never mind invite them to live in their properties.This still doesn't mean Corbyn spouting his mouth in public. Why can't he suggest the investors come forward and offer the homeless a temporary home? Telling the government to take over privately owned property, while broadcasting it to the entire nation is just him trying to score a politicial point. Its a smart thing to do on his part, because he knew that it will turn more people agaisnt May and the tories.
Your grammar lacks any punctuation outside of a 'full stop'.
Quite an indictment of the literacy skills of modern society, which is rather different than "an indictment of the literacy of our nation" as, here, you are picking out [and including] all aspects of literacy competency with such a sweeping statement.
Innit.