right to buy discussie in Engeland nog volop aan de gang (Via Guardian)
What does the right-to-buy scheme mean for LSVT landlords? After deducting costs and the sharing agreement, some will be left with well below 30% of the cost of building a new home. Brian Simpson Guardian Professional , Monday 16 April 2012 16.41 BST Article history LSVT landlords will be left without sufficient development funds under the new right-to-buy discount. Photograph: Martin Godwin New regulations announced by the government will see the maximum discount for new sales through the right-to-buy scheme increase to £75,000, with receipts now available to build new homes. So what do the changes mean for registered landlords such as Wirral Partnership Homes? As a large-scale voluntary transfer (LSVT) organisation, we estimate that 7,400 of our 12,400 tenants still have the preserved right to buy so the changes will affect a large proportion of our tenants. We have already seen a significant increase in the number of enq...