Why Fair?
Why Shares?
Welcome
to
FAIRSHARES
Home Page of
Bill Powell
This is a temporary holding page. It will GROW!
It points to my interests and activities.
This
points to a guide to the Nuneaton & N Warwickshire Liberal
Democrats.
Here you will find our local councillors,
local organisers,
our aims and ideals and an outline of our
local activities
together with links to other Liberal Democrat
web sites.
This
explains why we and other North Warwickshire Borough Councillors
amended the 'Local Plan' for house building in Atherstone.
We
did so against the advice of the officers of the Planning
Department.
We reduced plans for 'affordable' (i.e. subsidised)
houses
because we were unable to expand the town to
balance
yet more dense small 'affordable' houses
with spacious 4 &
5 bedroom residences..
We do not accept that N Warks should be
the only Warwickshire District
where expansion is denied.
This
shows how, in retirement, renting leads to poverty but purchase to
affluence.
As 'Portfolio Holder for Housing' I am looking
for ways for those who
cannot qualify for a mortgage to
participate in home ownership.
Mutual, Co-ownership, Limited
Liability Partnership, Community Land Trusts, etc.
could offer
a way out of this poverty trap.
Action
for Land Tax & Economic Reform (ALTER)
Bill Powell
is librarian for ALTER, the Liberal Democrat group
that
campaigns for the gradual shift of taxation from
employment,
capital and trade and onto resources instead.
LAND (which is
associated with nearly every resource)
has a perpetual value
which in fairness belongs to everyone.
Here you will find files
which show how an annual Land Tax
would end dereliction,
conserve natural resources, combat poverty,
and stimulate
economic efficiency. It works elsewhere. It could here.
