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...“He’s been inaugurating this and launching that and exercising his authority.”...
...It has also provided an opportunity for local authorities like hers to take stock, and plan for what comes in Covid’s wake....
...Mr Sarma described many of those who have relinquished their land already as rich “absentee landlords” who live in cities outside Amaravati....
...The problem is that the data they purchase cover only a small proportion of addresses even in areas where there is little reason to expect absentee overseas ownership....
...Over the past year, regional authorities in British Columbia in Canada and Australia’s New South Wales have both introduced surcharges aimed at overseas buyers of homes....
...But in their pursuit of a fairer housing policy, the authorities are enacting measures that would make the average laissez-faire liberal blanch....
...Which leaves local authorities....
...This would be the first time a capital-wide local authority had built housing on public sector land since 1986, when Margaret Thatcher abolished the Greater London Council....
...In some privately owned properties, there is the additional problem of absentee owners....
...The national parks authorities do not have an official duty to promote their local economy; their remit is focused on conservation. Mr Burgess has urged the government to change this....
...The new National Fraud Strategic Authority is working with lenders to create new safeguards....
...Stalker and Garson argue that individual investment in housing improves the living conditions of the owner’s family, even if he or she is absentee; stimulates the local economy by providing construction...
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