open to all suggestions . i am not an idealist.whatever works
but it should be obvious to all that the current situation is not working well
for tenants and young people on average earnings seeking to own their own house.
i think we need a package of measures which i elaborated above.
but...
I favour a number of measures
limiting landlord licenses is to make more property available for owner occupation
to counter the advantages of the greater spending power of landlords over first time buyers
as I said I would also introduce rent controls
and build dedicated student accomodation to...
whilst I support the notion of government spending to support first time buyers
via favourable saving schemes unless the fundamental problem of rent and
house price inflation is addressed there may be a lot of unused first time buyers' ISA's
The thing about inflation is it reveals conflict...
governments spend money into existence by keyboard taps at the central bank
as long as they maintain monetary sovereignty (unlike in the eurozone)
they can no more run out of money than u can run out any other unit of measurement.