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Action 4 Unaffordable Homes

@4HomesAction

Our mission is to solve the housing crisis that is forcing tenants out of London. Rent increases often 4-5 times higher than pay rises are not sustainable.

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RIP Julia Rausing who passed away on Thursday.
The most generous philanthropist with her husband Hans dedicated herself to a life of supporting UK charities, donating £330M to good causes.
RT

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Tory 'Free Marketeers' turned London property into a speculative asset class for foreign investors inflating prices and preventing locals from buying.
London average house price is now £733K - 18 times the average income.
Read this:
dailymail.co.uk/property/artic…

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Govt has delivered the worst housing crisis on record. Soaring rent increases in London often for 4-5 times as much as pay rises forcing people out of London.
Over a million people now living in caravans and mobile homes.
Rent increases should be linked to inflation.

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We now have 254K homes owned by non-resident investors.
Overseas speculation inflates prices.
Gove's plan to introduce a tax on these homes needs support.
Homes for occupation Not speculation.
PRT

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Gove's plan to tax non-resident foreign-owned homes received little publicity but needs support
Tory Free Marketeers turned housing into a speculative investment class favouring foreign buyers inflating prices and preventing locals from buying
Homes for occupation Not speculation

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Govt clueless and irresponsible. Chelsea police station sold, now unaffordable flats. No local policing caused crimes to soar and shoplifting skyrocketing. The area is no longer safe.
Read this article and watch the video:
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

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Our population is now 67.9M. We are short of 4.5M homes according to CEO Taylor Wimpey. Last year, 234K homes were built. Official projections show the population will exceed 71M by 2028. This will create a housing emergency.

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Conservative contender for Mayor of London Susan Hall vowed to focus on tackling 'sky-high' rents.
We as a housing campaign group would like to know what her plan is. We believe rent increases should be linked to inflation.
standard.co.uk/news/politics/…

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British housing is the worst value for money of any advanced economy according to a report by the Resolution Foundation.
Speculation by foreign non-resident investors has inflated prices and prevented locals from buying.
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/2….

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This is the first parliament since records began where people are poorer at the end than the beginning.
People will vote according to how they feel financially.

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It's not Sadiq Khan Govt has enabled half of London to be sold to Qatar which supports ISIS and Hamas. They are building major flat developments in London for foreign speculators inflating prices and preventing locals from buying. Homes for occupation, not speculation.
Please RP.

It's not Sadiq Khan Govt has enabled half of London to be sold to Qatar which supports ISIS and Hamas. They are building major flat developments in London for foreign speculators inflating prices and preventing locals from buying. Homes for occupation, not speculation. Please RP.
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Developers' donations to the govt have allowed London property to become a speculative asset class for foreign investors creating unaffordable homes for locals. 254K homes are now owned by non-residents. Qatar owns 50% of London property.
Homes are for occupation not speculation.

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Govt is totally out of touch.
Junior Dr's paid £13/ph.
Most London tradesmen charge £80/ph.
The NHS is on its knees.
We also have a catastrophic housing crisis after 17 failed housing ministers since 2010.

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Another shot in the foot for the Govt inflation at 4%, increasing tobacco duty in the autumn statement according to ONS caused the rise. Yet the revenue could have been raised by taxing foreign property ownership as Michael Gove proposed. Non-inflationary.

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Evening Standard revealed today 48% rise in shoplifting offences.
Govt's austerity ended local policing.
B Johnson sold 50% of police stations and made 20K experienced police officers redundant. Govt proposed tax cuts will deliver more austerity and crime.
standard.co.uk/news/crime/sho…

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We have the worst housing crisis on record.
17 failed housing ministers since 2010.
We need a competent govt to sort this out.

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Governments are elected to serve our interests. This self-serving corrupt and incompetent Govt has left the country broken and created the worst housing crisis on record.

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We lost local policing due to austerity. 20,000 PCs made redundant. 50% of police stations sold off. Many turned into luxury flats for foreign speculators.
Where are the new recruits going to be based?
Johnson said, 'We could have PC desks at Tesco.'

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The obsession with Rwanda is an expensive irrelevance.
Potential asylum seekers regard Rwanda as a joke. Because they know only a tiny percentage will be sent there.
We have a housing crisis and are now short of 2 million affordable homes.

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