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LAND VALUE TAX

Revitalising communities . Re-establishing prosperity . Restoring national equality

Revitalising communities
Re-establishing prosperity
Restoring national equality


Land Value Tax (LVT) also known as Annual Ground Rent (AGR), is an alternative system that taxes land only, whether or not it has property upon it. LVT is a radical change from today's convoluted tax administration that increasingly benefits the rich and provides loop holes for tax avoidance, property speculation and concentrated wealth.

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Fred Harrison is a dedicated advocate of Land Value Tax. A prolific author and economist, Fred predicted the 2008 global financial crisis and has spoken again of a similar event in 2026 if governments remain on the present economic course. In this video he highlights Denmark as a highly successful socio-economic structure with land value at it's fiscal core.

This video, created by the author of this website, makes clear, in simple language, the benefits of Land Value Tax, how it will bring to an end the insidious poverty, homelessness, evictions, huge bills for life's essentials - food, energy, homes etc., and the corporate profiteering at the expense of society, highlighting the Alaskan oil revenue share.

rubbish on the land

"We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as part of the community to which we belong and we begin to use it with love and respect, then we will be ready to rekindle a natural inheritance that nurtures our true interconnectedness"

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House sitting on money

Property speculation is arguably the most disturbing and damaging subjugation that ever hit UK society. Your rented house or flat, once your home, has become a profit-making commodity for your landlord. Due to a lack of action by government on multiple housing crises, lack of homes, poor living conditions, and still, five years after the promise to end no-fault evictions, tenants continue to be at the mercy of profit-seeking landlords. Your security of tenure is lost. This is the main cause of social disparity, poverty, homelessness and mental disorders such as anxiety, depression and even suicide. Mortgage holders, subject to interest rate hikes coupled with a cost of living that is rapidly escalating beyond our means, are perilously close to forced sales or worse, foreclosure. Even owning your home is no longer secure.

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Rich man

Concentrated land ownership is the driver of the UK’s gross wealth inequality and housing misery for so many* In the words of Winston Churchill, “Roads are made, streets are made, services are improved, electric light turns night into day, water is brought from reservoirs a hundred miles off in the mountains – and all the while the landlord sits still - he renders no service to the community, he contributes nothing to the general welfare, he contributes nothing to the process from which his own enrichment is derived.” To this day this a rousing call for a land value tax, a levy to capture rising land prices, and over the decades it has been supported by eminent economists and taken up in various forms in cities across the planet, from Australia to eastern Europe, some examples of which can be seen on the next page.

* From Carol Wilcox in the Guardian - Full letter can be found here...

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Rich man

Financial benefits generated by increases in the value of land rightfully belong to society. It is morally reprehensible to deny the people the benefit of that huge income produced by their own labours, and which currently goes entirely to the landowner who contributes nothing to create it.

Land Value Tax (LVT) will provide greater financial stability, and make available a huge budget specifically for vital infrastructure, health, education, and transport. LVT will discourage property speculation and drastically reduce rent and mortgage payments. Houses and apartments will become homes again, and there has never been a time of greater need than right now!

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More money can be raised with LVT for the benefit of society than all the present taxes put together. Ultimately. all other taxes will be abolished.

 

Key Points of LVT

LVT is a radical solution to the unfair economic system that is currently crippling society.

LVT will end property speculation, eviction for profit, tax evasion, souring rents, land grabs and homelessness

Unlike our current ‘taxes’ LVT does not raise money from labour or trade.

LVT is a single payment charged on the ownership of land.

More money can be raised for social improvements using LVT than all other taxes put together.

Over time all other taxes will be abolished.

There are two groups that you may want to keep an eye on, or better still sign up. These are Shared Ground - (formerly The Young People's Party), and The People's Assembly. Also, you can sign up here at the AGR - Annual Ground Rent website to keep up to date with the work-in-progress by the Scottish Land Revenue Group focussed on lobbying Scottish MSPs to begin the introduction of AGR/LVT as already mentioned, the only real alternative towards a much fairer society.

LVT has been implemented in 30 countries around the world. It is not new! Land Value Tax was first adopted in Pittsburgh in 1913 and in every single occurrance has proved successful even to the point of averting social and economic disaster.

Opposite is a link to examples of LVT implementation that tell the full story of its effectiveness. Also, links to news pages and general informative documents that often share similar information. But the one resounding result in every case is that it works, and there has never been a time of greater need for our own society here in the UK than right now!

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So how can we abide the continuous pressure of unaffordable essentials and a rising cost of living?

"The key element of social control is to divert public attention from important issues and changes decided by political and economic elites, through the technique of flooding continuous distractions and insignificant information.” Noam Chomsky

The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food. We need to become more aware of our own strengths and our individualism in a world where the powers that be want us all to feed from the same trough.

"In every community, there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart, there is the power to do it." Marianne Williamson

There is a state of collective or community consciousness that our self-appointed rulers fear most and we must take care not to be dulled down by entertainment and consumption fed by a media bought from the ocean of unshared wealth that is kept hidden from our view.

Enjoy what you have but stay awake, stay aware and do not settle for disparity. Better to rise up, collectively, and make your objections known in whatever way you can.

Calling for change

The revenue from Land Value Tax will return equality and prosperity to us all, but we have to get behind it, and shout it from the rooftops, until it can no longer be ignored.

If you want an in-depth view of Land Value Tax then don't hesitate to check out Fred Harrison's #WeAreRent Book 1, Book 2 & Book 3*. They opened my eyes to a world that belongs to all of us. A world out of which we were systematically cheated over a period of nearly 600 years. This is a volume that cannot be unread and will recharge your energy for a better world for us, our children and generations to come.

* Book 3 coming soon on Amazon.

You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of your problems at once but don't ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage is contagious and can take on a life of its own.

“In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued - they may be essential to survival.” ? Noam Chomsky

Thank you for visiting this website which can be the beginning of a new uncharted journey that will restore what rightfully belongs to everyone and is long overdue.