Land News - 31 March 2008
Land has answer to taxing problem
Scotsman - United Kingdom
No one mentions land tax, which runs itself for each locality, so reducing
administration costs. Land tax applies to different usages of land at
locally set ...
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Tax base should be broaden realistically: ACCA
The Post - Lahore,Punjab,Pakistan
Land tax is also often considered by developing economies, because
owner****p is concentrated among the rich, and it is a difficult tax to
avoid since it is ...
<http://thepost.com.pk/CorpNews.aspx?dtlid=150998&catid=8>
More houses needed as recent property rush snatches up supply
Viet Nam News - Hanoi,Vietnam
In addition to problems of land clearance, other regulations on land tax
and investment mobilisation from buyers can easily weaken the financial
ability of ...
<http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02COM200308>
Speculators gamble on local property
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
.... including the proposed introduction of a progressive land tax, an
increase in loan interest rates and restrictions on bank lending for
property. ...
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Regulation to boost affordable housing
VietNamNet Bridge - Hanoi,Vietnam
The draft also includes a proposed progressive land tax under which land
owners would have to pay increasingly higher tax rates on excessive land
holdings ...
<http://english.vietnamnet.vn/biz/2008/03/776033/>
Call for distribution of land among landless peasants
The News - International - Pakistan
He said ZA Bhutto had plans to distribute all state land among the
landless
peasantry. President PHRTI Pakistan Aslam Rana, advocate, and Mukhtar Rana
and ...
<http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=104073>
Introduce zoning system for best use of land
The Daily Star - Dhaka,Bangladesh
Renowned economist Prof Abul Barakat presented the keynote paper at the
seminar where he mentioned that about 48 percent of rural households are
landless. ...
<http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=30082>
Livingstone launches 18-point London housing manifesto
24dash - Hereford,UK
Sup****t development of the Community Land Trust model, in particular
through the proposed pilot in Tower Hamlets. Require the highest standards
of design in ...
<http://www.24dash.com/news/Housing/2008-03-31-Livingstone-launches-18-point-London-housing-manifesto>
CPI(ML) to intensify land stir
Newindpress - Chennai,Tamil Nadu,India
Not only adivasis, but a large number of landless people, including dalits
and other marginalised sections of the society, are also participating in
the ...
<http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20080328013819&Page=O&Title=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0>
Habitat for Humanity adopts new land trust initiative
WWAY NewsChannel 3 - Wilmington,NC,USA
Homeowners have all rights that typical homeowners have, they have rights
to the land, but they do not own the land and the community land trust
keeps the ...
<http://www.wwaytv3.com/node/7315>
Property bubble leads to crash landing
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
A single rate land tax would apply Australia-wide to all privately owned
land, the revenue therefrom going back to the states and territories in
direct ...
<http://business.theage.com.au/property-bubble-leads-to-crash-landing/20080327-21yi.html>
Pressure Builds for Chinese Farm Privatization
BusinessWeek - USA
Scholars say that if Beijing were to privatize all rural land China would
soon be faced with a flood of landless poor that would spawn the same
Maoist ...
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China to continue measures to curb house prices
CCTV - Beijing,China
The Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction says China will
continue tough economic measures aimed at curbing rises in property
prices.
....
<http://www.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20080324/103054.shtml>
Landlessness and poverty
The New Nation - Bangladesh
THE number of the landless people is noted to be rising in the country.
People are forced to sell their last parcels of ancestral holdings after
falling ...
<http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2008/03/23/news0834.htm>
China to disallow property IPOs if proceeds applied to 'land ...
Forbes - NY,USA
'This move by the CSRC shows that the government still wants to control
developers' financing, expansion and land hoarding,' Kong said. ...
<http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/03/20/afx4801280.html>
St. Tammany business leaders want to house vital workers
The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
The plan would establish what is known as a community land trust, with a
nonprofit group owning land that it leases to homeowners for a nominal
fee.
....
<http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/st_tammany_business_leaders_wa.html>
China: Impact Of Recent Restrictions On Foreign Investors In The ...
Mondaq News Alerts (subscription) - London,UK
The most recent measures, which will also affect local developers, include
the enforcement of the land appreciation tax and penalties for hoarding
land. ...
<http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=58498>
Ministry considers forcing developers to build affordable housing
Thanh Nien Daily - Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam
The ministry proposed a progressive land tax scheme in which owners had to
pay increasingly higher rates on excessive or unproductive land. ...
<http://www.thanhniennews.com/business/?catid=2&newsid=36802>
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