Labour’s ‘Land Grab’

A report - ‘Land for the Many’: Changing the way our fundamental asset is used, owned and governed - produced for the Labour Party sets out recommendations around an issue - land is the hidden issue behind the housing crisis - which has huge implications for people who want affordable homes. The report is not yet Labour policy. The key proposals include;

·         free and open access to data on land ownership

·         an explicit government goal to stabilise house prices

·         reforms to private renting with a cap on rent increases

·         replace council tax with a progressive property tax payable by owners not tenants – with surcharges for empty and second homes and non-UK residents

·         phase out stamp duty land tax

·         enable public bodies to buy land at closer to current use value

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Families' Fury over 'Land-Grab' Plans

Families are campaigning against plans to build new homes on sites across the city, drawn up partly in response to the "bedroom tax". Derby Homes wants to build on former gardens, grassy areas and domestic garage plots to create "much-needed" homes. But people living in some of the areas earmarked for development say the proposals are "land-grabbing" and will destroy green spaces used by children, dog-walkers and others. Read more on the Derby Telegraph website.