Wightman report shows taxing derelict land can tackle housing crisis
(WorldNews Africa)

Tue 19 Sep, 2017 Given the lack of affordable housing and continuing financial pressures on public services, it`s unacceptable that landowners can profit from withholding land suitable for housing. Andy Wightman MSP A new report by Andy Wightman MSP, Housing and Land Reform spokesperson for the Scottish Greens, shows that giving local councils the power to tax the 20,000 football pitches` worth of vacant and derelict land in Scotland could generate...