And in the case of the warmth standards, it's not only a greedy, heartless and socially irresponsible threat, but it doesn't stand up to analysis. As to whether there will be a capital gains tax on residential investment properties: put money on it. It's already as plain as the nose on your face that the Government must do something significant, albeit perhaps symbolic, to tax capital income. However, the only area where everyone seems to agree it should apply is to residential property that isn't the family home. It's tempting to think the Government is cunning enough to have deliberately coincided the announcements on capital gains tax and new rental warmth standards to produce precisely the self-serving outbursts that are making landlords so unloveable.

Source: Stuff February 27, 2019 15:56 UTC