An extreme right-wing movement to target Landlords &amp; Letting agents this weekend
[{"id": "gtx201q", "text": "\"right wing\"\n\nwtf it literally says left wing in the passage", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gtx2ccl", "text": "Typical of the left; chastise the people who provide jobs and investment by attempting to normalize the destruction of that which provides the source of those very jobs and investment.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "gtyrfs8", "text": "I\u2019m going to avoid the politics of this insanely political post but it\u2019s important to recognize a huge difference between the US and UK when it comes to landlord/tenant issues.\n\nIn the UK, there is very little freehold land available to buy compared to the US.  Almost all land in the UK is leasehold or rental only (I.e in some areas 95% of land can only be rented or leased) and much of it is locked up in head-leases with 100, 200, 300 (up to 1000!!) year leases.\n\n\nSo, there isn\u2019t the expectation that the average person with an average income will be able to buy land.\n\nI won\u2019t express any opinions on this, but obviously this relative lack of availability of free holds necessitates a different approach to tenancy law than the US.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}]