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The Clouding Crisis and the Leasehold Crisis
As long as Labour keeps saying to a re-mortgage crisis, I think it will be politically beneficial to them. The Clouding Crisis is probably the ultimate symbol of the injustice of the leasehold system. So you have this system happening in houses that have been bought up in old mining towns. Old miners houses bought up by big faceless companies and people's service charges suddenly rocketing. You have new build housing estates which are now being called fleecehold,. because while they are freehold, the council isn't one doing the maintenance of the communal gardens and areas. And also, as people come to re-mort mortgage, they may be reminded of one of the reasons why the
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