Councils are offering landlords cash payments of up to
£4,000 to accommodate homeless families as a shortage of social housing forces
authorities to court the private sector with taxpayer-funded incentives. Many
councils in London and south-east England are now advertising cash incentives
to private landlords. Westminster council in central London is paying up to
£4,000 to landlords who take on council tenants. Tower Hamlets in east London
recently advertised a £2,500 payment for one-bedroom properties to landlords
agreeing to let to council-vetted tenants for two years and a £4,000 lump sum
for homes with two or more bedrooms. Read more on the Guardian website.
I will build at least 10,000 council homes. As for right to buy – suspend
it for new properties | Andy Burnham
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There’s no point us building houses if people sell them off cheaply to no
public benefit. It’s like running a bath with no plug
- Andy Burnham is the ...
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