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Damaging information for Landlords Please Read and sign Petition

0 comments Posted by Wealth and Inspiration Wednesday, April 7, 2010

1. Please can you join this group http://tiny.cc/issi2  see also where the petition is mentioned and sign up urgently

2 Read this  Ariticle taken from the RLA

 

LANDLORDS BATTLE NEW GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION … ON FACEBOOK
The UK’s private sector landlords are breaking new ground by using the Internet’s ‘Facebook’ forum as a battleground to fight the government.

It is the first time that the Residential Landlords Association has used social networking tactics to broaden the fight and involve tenants who will be directly affected by new government legislation.

Since 6 April 2010 new planning laws have been set to change the way that rented accommodation is categorised in a political move to break up clusters of student housing surrounding the UK’s universities and colleges.

And the new ‘Use Classes Orders’ will also affect other tenant groups who share houses – including young professionals, key workers and low income migrants.

Now landlords could need planning permission to rent out a house or flat, previously occupied by a single person or family, to a group of between three or more unrelated tenants.

Landlords view this as a major threat – not only to an entire sector of the shared housing market but also to the local economies that have grown around them to serve their needs. Restaurants, bars, shops and convenience stores are all coming under threat as the Use Classes Orders attempt to dictate who can live where.

So the RLA has responded with the biggest campaign in its history – centring on parliamentary lobbying, a section on its website - www.rla.org.uk – and an online petition that pulled more than 2,000 signatures in less than a week - http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/noplanningchange. />
Last year the RLA teamed up with the National Union of Students to attack the proposals and now officers at all UK universities are being briefed about the unfair discrimination that students will face when they want to rent a house or flat.

That’s why students are being invited to join a Facebook group to show support for the campaign. “We are keen to remind politicians that students have votes too,” says Humberside student landlord Jason Coleman.

The sole aim of the Facebook group, says RLA chairman Alan Ward, is “to support the freedom of students to live wherever they want and stop this blatant government discrimination against them.

“Rushed law is always bad law … and using planning laws for social engineering purposes is just plain wrong! At the moment it’s the country’s 2.5 million students who are mainly affected but the same legislation could be aimed at nurses, young professionals, even elderly people and other apparently ‘second class citizens’ who local authorities decide shouldn’t be allowed to live too close together.

“Relatively few towns and cities have problems with high concentrations of shared housing – known as ‘houses in multiple occupation’. Student housing in particular affects an estimated 0.7% cent of wards in England. Even fewer pose any sort of problem. So why penalise the other 99.3% of the English wards with this punitive new legislation?

“The government has been keen to boast of their success at raising University student numbers over the last ten years but has failed to make any policy provision for where they live.

“The only realistic alternative is to build purpose built student blocks which will be at least 25% more expensive than existing student shared housing and is contrary to the NUS advice on what students want and what they can afford.

“A mere 600 local residents have complained of problems with student communities – so the government over-reacts with a move that hits 2.5 million students, two million young professionals and another two million migrants as well as countless key workers and others who desperately need an available stock of low cost housing.

“This government sledgehammer is inappropriate, disproportionate, discriminatory, totally anti-democratic and contravenes the equal opportunities and human rights of these groups which desperately need affordable homes and honest representation.”

•    The Facebook site is:
THE STUDENT VOTE! - STOP GOVERNMENT DISCRIMINATION ON STUDENT LIVING!
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2249360785&v=info&edit_info=all#!/group.php?gid=2249360785&ref=search&sid=502208958.718410599..1


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A Cancer Research Mission

0 comments Posted by Wealth and Inspiration Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Below is a very important message I've just received from Rob & Mark at Progressive

Please take 2 minutes to yourself to read the whole thing: it's very poignant
and close for many of us

Message from Rob & Mark below:



We hope you had a great Bank Holiday and made the most of the time you had
with your friends, family [and with yourself]

We'd want to share with you the driving reason behind the things that motivate us:
that may well motivate you too

You may know that many of us at Progressive have loved ones who have died of Cancer

Mark's Dad. Most of Rob's family on his Dad's side

We don't say this for sympathy. We say this because it is a stark reality

We don't need to share it, and we'll alienate some people by being so honest

But...

There is NO doubt that this trauma has fuelled a passion for success so strong
that nothing can get in the way

You know the feeling: when there is no choice but to get the results you deserve
for you and the ones close to you

Doing the things you love: making money [that so many people seem so scared of],
creating time and freedom for yourself and living to work, not working to live

Being determined to make the very best of the short time that you have
and have a real purpose that emanates to and inspires others

We gave nearly GBP7,000 to Cancer Research after our Members Charity Ball last year

We are likely to hit GBP20,000 from the Property Super Conference

And we know we are very fortunate to be in a position, with your help, to be able to do that

Everyone who is coming to the Property Super Conference is helping us reach
that 20K milestone [as we're donating 30% to Cancer Research]

And that feels better than putting that money in our own pockets
because it means really something

So the only way that we know how to help you get to your goals:

to motivate you
to inspire you
to help you focus on what is really important to you
to make it happen for you...

is through Property Investment as the vehicle for wealth

It's the only vehicle we've EVER found [after testing almost every other investment strategy]
that gives you money, time, freedom and choice

We have put every ounce of our resource in making this Property Super Conference happen

Sometimes it has been very hard: we've never done anything this big

We've never invested so much money and time into you and your wealth education

We've never been so busy, had so many challenges in our business and in making it all come together

We've never risked so much to help you and help us take life to the next level

And Yes, we'll probably make some money out of it [as well as giving GBP20,000 to Cancer Research]

We're not ashamed of that: because we know that helping you be successful IS THE ONLY WAY
that we will get the success that we feel we deserve [and donate as much as we are]

Which is why we've made the Property Super Conference the best event we've EVER run

And we're not saying it's easy: it takes time and effort and dedication and passion

We're not saying that everything will always go your way or that there is some golden ticket

You know what it really takes...

And that's why we asked 100,000 of you what we could do to help you get more money,
more free time, more wealth, and more enjoyment out of your career

That's what created this monster Event that has taken over our lives for the last 3 months

So it's up to you to make the choice: we don't need you there, and we only want you there
if you truly believe that it can help you get what you want

Now we have less than 45 places left, and we'll be sold out by Thursday

Look, we'd love to see you there and be a part [no matter how small] of your success
in your personal and financial future

But opportunities like this don't come along very often

And we can do no more other than offer you this last chance now

http://progproperty.infusionsoft.com/go/pscv/a270


See you there. It promises to be the Event of the year & you'll be part of it

Rob & Mark


Thanks for reading & taking time out of your day

See you there

http://progproperty.infusionsoft.com/go/pscv/a270

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SPRING CLEANING

0 comments Posted by Wealth and Inspiration Monday, April 5, 2010

             

Well at last I’ve woken up to see the sun shining and the first of the spring flowers bursting into bloom.

 

This is my favourite time of year, the cold dark days of winter are fading and as I shed layers of clothing my mood lightens and I’m looking forward to the summer ahead – which once again the weathermen tell us will be the best ever – let’s hope they’re right this time.

 

There’s a tradition of making changes on January 1st but perhaps now is really the time to do this.  The newness of Spring is the ideal time to slough off old habits and try something new.

 

Most of us are familiar with the concept of Spring Cleaning our homes but what about Spring Cleaning yourself?

 

I try to follow Suzi Grant’s healthy eating regime but find that I slip into bad habits over the winter.  As my body emerges from it’s winter cocoon I’m very aware that I’ve piled on the pounds this year so having scoffed my last Easter Egg it’s time now to do Suzi’s weekend detox.

 

I’m not a great fan of detoxing.  I know how good it is for me but whilst women seem to enjoy this sort of thing us blokes generally don’t get it.  However from past experience I can tell you that it does work.  Much as I hate doing it, I really do feel good after Suzi’s detox and that makes it easy to stick to her dietary advice afterwards.

 

By the way,  I’m only human and when I say I stick to her advice I’m no saint, but then nor is Suzi and she very realistically says that as long as we eat sensibly at least 80% of the time then there is room for those little treats we just can’t live without.

 

 

 

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