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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Vicky Shaw

Restrict home purchases in certain areas and reform property taxes to tackle unfair housing system, says charity

Restrictions on property purchases made by investors in certain locations should be considered among a package of measures to tackle deep problems within the housing system, a charity has urged.

Scenic rural locations where there is high demand for holiday homes or rundown neighbourhoods where there are high concentrations of buy-to-let properties could be among the places considered for legal restrictions on who can buy housing stock, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) suggested.

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