Re: Buy to let
"the deliberate lack of social housing and the fact that 40% of the council houses sold off are now in the hands of private landlords,"
Great. They should all be sold off and the money spent on reducing the national debt, or infrastructure investment.
"It's a national disgrace."
No it isn't. It's not the governments job to provide housing. The tax payer shouldn't be paying for any housing except in an emergency. The welfare state is meant to be a safety net, not a hammock.
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