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With the General Election nearly upon us, here's your chance to lay out your own manifesto for the UK. What would you do if you were in charge? Here's your chance to think big! (Or you can call for free hugs and chocolate biscuits. They're important too.)

(, Thu 23 Apr 2015, 17:23)
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That's me in your target zone then
Where will students live? I've got a number of one/two bed flats in Leeds. Post grad/PHD students in Leeds don't fall within the campus system. You might say I exploit them, but better to say that I provide a service not otherwise available.

Pretty much all of my flats are rented to post grad - I've got it this way by trial and error - and isn't it right that my tenants should have fair and affordable rent, not skewed by your imposition?
(, Fri 24 Apr 2015, 18:57, 1 reply)
Oh, you're a regular humanitarian. Such selflessness
you're not really buying up housing stock that people otherwise could own and live in just so you can squeeze money out of poor students, youre providing a service. It's basically charity.
Yes my scheme is aimed exactly at people such as yourself. they'll be a bunch of flats in leeds going a bit cheaper when my tax forces you to give them up. You can keep one though. We need to think of the students
(, Sat 25 Apr 2015, 7:20, closed)
My flats are in Burley and Hyde Park
Walk through there in August and it's Nagasaki 1945. It's virtually all student. Not very accessible to employment areas via public transport. The handful of residents left are older people, for whom I feel sorry.

There's no shortage of good quality affordable housing in Leeds. I'm a very small player in a very big market too.

TLDR - misjudged comments not familiar with subject

EDIT - Will enter into coalition with Dr Skagra
(, Sun 26 Apr 2015, 18:59, closed)

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