@CsoFringe @TACJ @Seanchuckle him and his fans sound like they have a big problem with lots of normal Londoners that seems at odds with their liberal yimby outlook
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@TACJ @Seanchuckle He’s pretty authoritarian! He wants the state to strip you of your council house if he believes the area it is in is too nice for the likes of you!
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@JibbaJabb @landlord_secret sounds like bull. he's taken advice - getting rid of the biggest risks in the portfolio first. sounds like he's going to flog them off tenanted. the buyers will want a big discount for low yielding victorian places with high maintenance cost and EPC challenges.
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@TypeForVictory On the upside, this sort of publicity seeking charity did lead to an excellent Curb Your Enthusiasm episode.
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Charitable giving, if genuinely motivated by a love of others and not point scoring, should generally remain private.
If you feel compelled to donate much of your income, that's wonderful. If you feel compelled to tell everyone, it's publicity-seeking, which is selfish.
Joseph Wells@JosephW56436640
15% only? I mean, if an MPs average salary was £100,000, 15% of that 100k is only £15,000. Look how much @EllieChowns in @TheGreenParty donates to charity... over 60%, YES, over 60% of her salary earned as an MP leaving her with only around £30,000!
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@HCH_Hill @residentadviser Lots of those expelled from zones 1 and 2 with a big chunk of cash would inevitably rent in the private sector elsewhere, which would add inflationary demand to where they move, to the detriment of tenants there. When they've spent the payout they'll inevitably apply for LHA.
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@residentadviser Where would London be without the four in ten social housing tenants who have some sort of job, what a slam dunk from Vicky.
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I find this argument pretty terrible when we know which groups of people were powering the city through COVID. And we sent to go out to work and risk getting the virus.
Vicky Spratt@Victoria_Spratt
A tweet by a prominent “YIMBY” argues against having social housing in some London boroughs because the homes could be lived in by more “economically productive” people… FYI 41 per cent of lead tenants in social housing are in work Others are carers or retired (and there are some who are out of work) It is not correct to say social housing tenants are economically unproductive - many do vital jobs which the Capital couldn’t function without
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@Chrimms2 @anyotherleader1 @yorksranter @s8mb you can buy a sofa from Asda
PS you sound like you are possibly the worst person on the planet, even worser than the people you think are the worst people on the planet
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depressing that necessary drive for planning reform will now be polluted by @s8mb's craving for mass evictions.
Vicky Spratt@Victoria_Spratt
A tweet by a prominent “YIMBY” argues against having social housing in some London boroughs because the homes could be lived in by more “economically productive” people… FYI 41 per cent of lead tenants in social housing are in work Others are carers or retired (and there are some who are out of work) It is not correct to say social housing tenants are economically unproductive - many do vital jobs which the Capital couldn’t function without
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@DuncanStott @JacobMalhotra @CoKeynesian It's an unrealistic proposal. It's impossible to convince Reform boomer NIMBYs that blocking development is bad - the very same NIMBYs would balk at this proposal – they would be horrified and jealous of the huge payouts to social tenants. it's a non starter.
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@JacobMalhotra @CoKeynesian Well Reform have just taken control of Havering, so they can put planning liberalisation into action. Forgive me for not holding my breath.
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Making growth an exclusive project at the express counter-interest of the poorest is a doomed political strategy. Growth is a political choice and that means building a coalition.
Sebastian Milbank@SebMilbank
In some London boroughs, 2 in 5 properties are socially rented. Vast swathes of prime, inner london land is occupied by decaying, poorly managed council housing, inhabited by an economically inactive population. My latest for the @Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/money/property…
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@ph7litmus @yorksranter @s8mb the way to resolve that is estate/tower refurbs, demolition and rebuilding at higher density, with more mixed tenure balance. this requires optimism and serious political will, with a view to improvement over several decades. Build some modern Barbicans, there's space in London
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@_CommonTreasury @yorksranter @s8mb True enough. At least they wouldn’t be stopping Zone 1 workers from finding somewhere close to work.
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@ph7litmus @yorksranter @s8mb Lots of those expelled from zones 1 and 2 with a big chunk of cash would inevitably rent in the private sector elsewhere, which would add inflationary demand to where they move, to the detriment of tenants there. When they've spent the payout they'll inevitably apply for LHA.
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@_CommonTreasury @yorksranter @s8mb I think the idea is to offer it to social tenants only as they are the ones unproductively occupying Zone 1 and 2 housing. They aren’t allowed to sublet so shouldn’t include private rentals (which are presumably productive anyway).
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@Chrimms2 @yorksranter @s8mb Half the social housing stock in London is owned by LAs, and half by Housing Associations. Lots of them are bad landlords. Incremental improvements for the city will be made by refurbing, rebuilding and densifying, to create nice cross-subsidising mixed-tenure neighbourhoods.
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@ph7litmus @yorksranter @s8mb a big chunk of the payouts would inevitably be channelled to the private rented sector, spiking rent inflation out of London, to undeserving dodgy amateur landlords (the RRA hasn't professionalised the sector yet!) - once funds are exhausted, overall LHA costs would rise.
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@_CommonTreasury @yorksranter @s8mb He didn’t advocate expulsions. He advocated offering them large sums of money to move out of the area, which offer they would be free to accept or reject. The housing could then be reallocated to those who needed to be in London for work.
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@Chrimms2 @yorksranter @s8mb Loads of inner London estates and towers need to be rebuilt or heavily refurbished. It's probably financially preferable to tackle those projects one by one, densifying to the max with nice mixed-tenure developments, rather than costly and divisive mass expulsions of people.
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Oh dear... Raise the Colours leader Ryan Bridge has just been arrested at Euston station
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Ryan from Raise the colours just got arrested by the old bill outside Euston station… There already at it the traitors!!!
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@SimonInmania @Victoria_Spratt even if that is the case, pushing for economic and social "cleansing" of inner London or anywhere else is an outrageous and unhinged proposal. Homes are homes. I agree with lots of YIMBY positions. Most new building is to be welcomed, but crack-pots like this must be ignored.
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@Victoria_Spratt Isn't it more than 41% ? I thought it was slightly over half. Having said that , the figure includes part time work (and maybe even people working but job seeking? Can't recall).
The comparable figure is 90+% for private rentals, so 40 or 50% does seem very low.
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A tweet by a prominent “YIMBY” argues against having social housing in some London boroughs because the homes could be lived in by more “economically productive” people…
FYI 41 per cent of lead tenants in social housing are in work
Others are carers or retired (and there are some who are out of work)
It is not correct to say social housing tenants are economically unproductive - many do vital jobs which the Capital couldn’t function without
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@proptechpioneer @DrCameronMurray the combined impact of growing pbsa supply, fewer gold-plated international students and RRA regs on the traditional student hmo micro-markets (some of which is at the most dubious and poor quality end of the market) could be profound in towns and cities with big Uni economies.
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Yep agree, doesn't make a great deal of sense - I think it won't be as straight forward.
Rents - will grow at the point of re-letting, but I think s13 will act as a handbrake on rental growth for existing tenancies.
Also ppl need to take into account - Net Migration down 69% from 649,000 in YE June 2024.
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I’ve heard that rents will go up because investors will sell.
Now I’m hearing rents will go up because investors won’t sell.
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Matt Barrie@matt_barrie
spoke to a mate this morning who is a real estate agent and he felt the same thing: 1. rents will immediately go up 2. investors will hang on to their properties
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@JibbaJabb landlords could always offer to cut rent to keep reliable tenants
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He is one of the good guys 😇
Landlord@The_Landlord
I don't increase rent for good tenants - some are paying 20–30% below market value. The cost is offset by lower turnover & the peace of mind that comes from not having to deal with unscrupulous tenants 🤷♂️ I only charge market rates for new tenants. I know many LLs do the same.
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@SebMilbank @Telegraph Have you considered doing stand up?
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In some London boroughs, 2 in 5 properties are socially rented. Vast swathes of prime, inner london land is occupied by decaying, poorly managed council housing, inhabited by an economically inactive population. My latest for the @Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/money/property…
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@rorymkirkwood @echochamberbad @DPJHodges agree 100%
some 15 year-old Reform muppet in the Welsh parliament just launched a UFO enquiry. News will spread of lousy and corrupt Reform and Green councillors .. look at the mess Brighton was in. They are both extremist cultish parties aimed at the demented and unhinged.
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@echochamberbad @_CommonTreasury @DPJHodges lol. Reform and Greens are already showing their arses at the local level, Farage is about to disintegrate under pressure over his dodgy finances, and Polanski is about one more stupid lie away from looking like a grade A twat.
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Seeing a lot of “Labour Civil-War” talk this morning. The reality is the war’s basically over. There’s now agreement on the timetable - September. There’s agreement on the candidate - Andy Burnham. The other potential candidates, Cabinet, PLP and Labour movement will all now gravitate towards Burnham. What’s left of Keir Starmer’s authority is already vanishing this morning. It’s done
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@rorymkirkwood @DPJHodges Reform could win that seat couldn't they? It requires a massive swing. And even if he does win it, will he reproduce the swing so as to win the general election?
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@DPJHodges The point of this discourse is to highlight that your serial certainty of Starmer’s demise has been consistently undermined by what has actually happened. Even now, there are numerous obstacles to this outcome. It is far from "done”.
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