There are additional levers etc to pull to achieve this including wage reform, council tax and local infrastructure funding balancing, etc, but it's all the right direction for the society we should want to achieve.
Ban B2L mortgages and cap rent with options for state buyout. Nationalise supply of properties, set rates appropriately at regional level, build more rental stock, repeat. Availability of affordable rental price at larger scale reduces pressure on existing housing stock and balances sales market £.
In Holland they face similar issues to the UK. The 'Good Landlordship Act' has still meant a swathe of landlords would rather sell their portfolio if they can't make the desired profit *but* they find ways to evict tenants because empty properties sell for more (owing to tenants rights etc).
Why do you suppose people might not be able to buy a house in an area they need to be? Do you think it might be because they're all already owned by either owner-occupants or landlords trying to make money out of the current scarcity of housing?
I was surprised by the huge number of candidates given the request to select/vote for seven, and that general awareness/outreach regarding defending against the RT was something I only heard about a few days before voting opened - I will be paying closer attention to this as a newer member.
And at this point: even if support for trans people is ratified as it *should be*, that community is going to remember how long it took Yorp to actually come out and fucking say it.
Great that your local group agree but what if you find you are outnumbered? This is why initial positions being outlined is so important and why everything up til conference is purely speculative, including support for causes and groups you are assuming are a given.
I'm not sure you can make any claims about the membership until such time as they have been allowed to give an opinion on the matter - which is part of the problem
