Wednesday, 25 September 2019

Labour Bid To Seize Empty Homes And Squalid Rental Properties


Labour will discuss plans to allow councils to compulsorily purchase homes left empty for six months. Young Labour has submitted a motion to the party’s conference in Brighton that calls for the requisition of "unoccupied tower blocks in London" and cites Berlin and Vancouver as examples of where this has occurred. It goes on to state that Labour should "Requisition empty private homes by Compulsory Purchase Order...as well as the worst private rented sector properties and vacant land plots to conduct land assembly and to provide temporary accommodation."   Read more on Estate Agent Today.

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