Top housing and pension bosses have written to the
Chancellor calling for a new Help to Downsize scheme to boost a property market
recovery and put pensioners in safer, more suitable homes. In a letter
addressed to Rishi Sunak, leaders from across the housing and retirement
industries have pleaded for stamp duty to be waived for older homeowners who
move to smaller, more suitable homes, thereby freeing up large family homes to
those in dire need of more space. Without drastic action to slash the tax
bills faced by would-be downsizers, they warn, pensioners will remain stuck in
homes that no longer meet their needs. Read more on the This Is Money website.
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