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What I can't understand is that fees + VAT means that VAT enters the national coffers. Rent has no VAT. Where is the exchequer going to get this income shortfall from? So while there is talk about the huge national debt, and falling government income, the Chancellor has eliminated a source of VAT! Has this man gone barmy or what? By the way, has no one told the Chancellor there isn't a housing crisis north of Birmingham?

From: RITA RITA 24 November 2016 16:34 PM

Sad to hear this, but I don't think government will care too much as the properties will still be lived in by someone, and I don't think they are bothered if the property is being rented or bought? Clearly it will slow down smaller landlords investing in run down and dilapidated properties to make them fit for renting if they need to borrow money to do it. Another burden for the local authorities to carry...?

From: RITA RITA 15 November 2016 07:44 AM

Yeah, great idea, until the CH boiler needs to be replaced or the roof repaired, or bills for repairs for leasehold properties arrive. The cost of the mortgage repayment is only part of the story. One of the most important aspects overlooked is the modern generation of not wanting to take responsibility for anything, especially expensive repairs or modernisations, which the landlord has to pay for, while the tenant pays the same rent whatever. How do Experian take these future financial shocks into account? I know many well to do tenants who will not buy because they do not want the hassle or responsibility.

From: RITA RITA 08 November 2016 18:33 PM

Airbnb should be banned - or deliver to the tax authorities the revenue figures from all their 'clients' or face charges of aiding tax avoidance. Why not make them an employer and charge NI and income tax at nill tax free allowance to all their clients? if this is not done, are 'normal' tax paying people like me actually subsidising these racketeers? I suggest we are? Personally I hate AirBNB because of the 17000 properties in London which should be available to local people as long term housing, and cheating the hotel industry out of fee paying guests. For all those 17000 London, properties, not to mention elsewhere in the country, how many hundreds of thousands of hotel rooms and VAT, and tax paying businesses are losing out? Instead of the chancellor trying to force genuine private landlords away from being landlords with even more taxation, why not sort out this stupid mess, as the French government and the politicians of New York and Barcelona are doing ? Where are CAB and Generation RENT, and SHELTER and Help the Aged in all this? I haven't heard them shouting about helping the homeless be using the properties already available and clearly habitable for the people that need somewhere to live? AND there is the health and safety issue, who is monitoring the smoke, and carbon monoxide alarms, the gas safety certificates, the electrical systems , the standards of cleanliness? The lack of clear thinking and action from government on issues like this is just appalling.

From: RITA RITA 04 November 2016 08:35 AM

Lincoln magistrates and West Lindsay council must be the joke of the country? Never mind CAB and Generation Rent having a go at the landlords, how about having a go at Lincoln magistrates for handing out a ridiculously low fine for one of the worst rented properties I have ever read about! OK - all landlords who want to let out dodgy properties get on the train to West Lindsay and have a field day, and... don't worry - the council will use council tax money to pay for the property repair bill as well! This was not a good day for common sense and justice in Lincolnshire was it?

From: RITA RITA 03 November 2016 17:26 PM

OK, instead of doing more harm to the already fragile private rental sector, why not release 17000 dwellings in London from the avaricious landlords who prefer Air bnb to housing real people permanently? Or is it because at least with Airbnb you believe the tenants will leave on time, rather than having to call the bailiffs ? On the other hand I wonder what do Air bnb people have to do when their ' guests decide to overstay permanently? Will they be in the same boat and need up to 45 weeks to evict?

From: RITA RITA 02 November 2016 07:54 AM

France is limiting Airbnb type lets through national insurance payment and taxation limits, Barcelona does not allow it now, New York is standing up to this racket, when will the UK Chancellor realise that this is a totally biased and unfair way for people to make even more money in the S East than in the rest of England AND undercut the investments and health and safety requirements necessary in the hotel business, and increases homelessness by removing 17000 properties from the serious housing market! 17000 people and families in London are homeless because of Airbnb!

From: RITA RITA 01 November 2016 17:08 PM

Statistics and lies... where is this mythical Britain, or is it all south of Watford -- 3 years ago?? Can we see the regional figures as well please? There are areas when landlords have not been able to increase rents for years, and on top of that government and CAB are trying to kill private landlords off with increased property purchase taxes, reduced assistance on mortgage, and council taxes on vacant properties from day 1, that many tenants have made unlivable! I would love to know where ONS have got the data for this statement ; they do say "rubbish in rubbish out" don't they??

From: RITA RITA 31 October 2016 07:50 AM

First of all CAB should be neutral and help every citizen. There are many elderly people reliant on rents to enable them to survive, especially as people have to wait longer for their pensions. Second, tenants are not chained to the property. They can move out and look for better accommodation, pr change their energy suppliers . So again what's CAB talking about? Third how will putting up the slab tax on BTL encourage landlords to invest when they are already shelling out money for tax? Fourth - for heavens sake, go live in Norway to see what cold is? Most of the UK does not have cold winters anymore; the forecast for my west midland city is +16C today at the end of October! No one I know hes even thought of putting on any heating - rich or poor, landlord or tenant! So sad to see CAB handing out such nonsense! So sad indeed.

From: RITA RITA 28 October 2016 09:16 AM

I think that new York Governor is GREAT!! For his guts and courage and standing up for the hotel industry which invests so much and works so hard in any major city! You want a short stay- use a hotel, pay the VAT, and stop robbing this country. Stop Airbnb in London and the other cities and the homeless crisis would diminish by 30% overnight. I just can't believe why spineless London Councillors and/the government allow it to go on? It's tax evasion at it's finest, most public, and most indecent.

From: RITA RITA 24 October 2016 17:46 PM

I don't see the problem with a high density of HMO's in an area, PROVIDING they are licensed and inspected regularly to ensure housing standards are met? Many universities and colleges cannot provide accommodation for students and junior staff so where are they supposed to live? Anything within walking distance from a major education centre must be good for health, good for pollution reduction, and good for local businesses! It's the lack of responsible landlords, management and regulation of HMOs that cause the problems! Be bold, make these areas pedestrian areas and more pleasant for everyone? I dare you !

From: RITA RITA 20 October 2016 08:28 AM

All this just adds to the reasoning that "all letting agents" should have to be accredited and listed for reference by the general public; also they themselves should be forced to carry insurance policies (as do solicitors), for malpractice and theft of deposits??? What's stopping it from happening? It seems so obvious?

From: RITA RITA 17 October 2016 17:31 PM

good, -- air bnb should be abolished, that's what hotels respectful of H &S regulations are for

From: RITA RITA 10 October 2016 08:01 AM

Great news for Barnet council, but why did it take so long? It must have been a clear cut case, the property is legal or not legal, so why can't the "legal system" sort this out in months and not years? This started in 2007!! No wonder corrupt landlords are laughing all the way to the bank at the tenants expense?? I am sure we can do better than this?

From: RITA RITA 05 October 2016 08:42 AM

YESSSS, I would really like to see more of these large fines and rogue landlords should be named and shamed. And has HMRC been contacted re the income tax due?? People without conscience like that usually try and scam everyone !!

From: RITA RITA 05 October 2016 08:13 AM

Why did the landlord do this? A bit more depth to this story would have been appreciated, as after all in some areas an empty property means council tax?

From: RITA RITA 19 August 2016 10:05 AM

Goodness me, the UK is finally waking up to the needs of better insulated houses. Rather that ,than a new nuclear power station built by international investors. Instead of building that, why doesn't the government introduce really useful financial support for all households to reduce energy consumption permanently? I'm sure 18 billion would go a long way. Besides any property being let at the lowest energy rating must be in a disgraceful state as loft insulation would almost certainly push any property up at least one grade. And lets not forget that this investment made by the property owner is going to add to the capital value, and attractiveness of the property anyway... Comments please?

From: RITA RITA 15 August 2016 12:58 PM

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