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At the moment a massive share of the rent paid byHarlow householders is taken away by Gordon Brown, tospend in other parts of the country. Harlow tenants payover 13.5million in a secret tenants tax to theGovernment, with no benefit in return. 13.5million isover a third of our rent bill.

The real injustice is that Labours stealth tax is hidden,and swept under the carpet, because it only hits afterour rent is collected.

Harlows housingmoney should be forHarlow people. Localpeople should decidehow Harlows moneyis spent: not theGovernment.

Wouldnt it be better if this money was spent onimproving Harlows homes?

LOWER UTILITY BILLS FOR OUR HOMES

Robert has secured a pledge fromGrant Shapps MP, ConservativeHousing Spokesman, that everyhome in Harlow will receive 6500

under a Conservative Government.

This cash will pay for energy-efficient lighting, modern boilers,and cavity and loft insulation. Families will seepermanently lower energy bills, with zero upfrontcost. And will never have to pay the money back.

Robert said: This initiative will create 70,000 newjobs nationally, and save a typical home 30 a month.It will help Harlow families and pensioners strugglingto make ends meet. Im striving to end fuel poverty inHarlow once and for all.

LABOUR SAYREPOSSESSIONS ARE AGOOD THING

Mr John Healey, Labour HousingMinister, has told thousands ofpeople who face losing theirhomes that it might be the best thing for them. At thesame, Mr Healey has made an 88,000 profit on ataxpayer-funded second home. Rob says: Theseremarks are insensitive. Home repossessions are at theirhighest for 14 years, but government-owned homes are

lying vacant. Labour is not solving Harlows housingproblems.

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A HOUSING REVOLUTION FOR HARLOWHARLOW HOUSING MONEY FOR HARLOW PEOPLE

LABOUR CAUSEHARDSHIP FORVULNERABLE TENANTS

Last year, Labour Ministersintroduced a new Local Housing

Allowance, with housing benefitbeing direct to the tenant ratherthan to the landlord. Butvulnerable tenants oftenstruggle to manage their finances and spend their rentmoney on other things. Homeless charity, Crisis, has warnedthat this can result in rent arrears and eventuallyhomelessness. Landlords who were previously happy totake on tenants on housing benefit have suffered from non-payment of rent. Many landlords now routinely refuse to letto Local Housing Allowance claimants. According to theNational Landlords Assocation, half of all landlords arereluctant to lend to tenants on Local Housing Allowance.

7005 people in Harlow are on local housing waiting lists,and a sizeable proportion of them are on housing benefit.Housing waiting lists have risen by 294% per cent underthis Labour Government reflecting the shortage ofaffordable accommodation. I am pleasedthat Conservatives havepledged to changeLabours failed policy.Tenants will be able tochoose whether to havetheir housing allowancepaid direct to their landlord.This will increase the

availability of qualitylow-cost housing.

RobatHarlowHomelessCentrewithGrantShappsMP

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A HOUSING REVOLUTIONWITH CONSERVATIVES

Good news for Harlow householders undera Conservative Government:

Scrapping stamp duty for most first-timebuyers, so that 9 out of 10 pay nothing; Giving social tenants a free 10% equityin their home after 5 years;

Giving every householder an allowanceof 6500 to insulate their home;

Abolishing Home Information Packs; A legal Right To Move for social

tenants; A new generation of Local Housing

Trusts, so communities can build theirown homes;

Encouraging affordable housing onbrownfield sites;

Giving local people the power to decidewhere new homes should go, not theGovernment.

I used to vote Labour,but this year Im votingRobert Halfon. Hes beencampaigning for betteraffordable housing inHarlow, and I know thathe cares deeply about the

town.Clive Russell-Day - formerLabour voter living inSumners

Robert Halfons a decentman. Hes worked hardfor Harlow as a volunteerfor over ten years,without any wages orexpenses from thetaxpayer. After the MPsexpenses scandal, I knowRobert will bring someintegrity and honestyback to Westminster.Colleen Morrison -former Liberal Voterworking in Bush Fair

Im voting Robert Halfonbecause I want to getonto the housing ladder.With a ConservativeGovernment, it will beeasier to own your own

home, and Im not likelyto pay stamp duty.Emma Hellet - first timeConservative voter livingin Staple Tye

ROB HALFONworking hard for

Harlow, Hastingwood,

Nazeing and Sheering

HELP FOR HOMELESS

Under Gordon Brown, housing waiting

lists in Harlow haverocketed by 294%

- now 7005 people. Rob says: Well

increase affordable housing, by

creating incentivesfor Councils to

build more affordable homes.

SAVE OUR GREENBELT

Gordon Brown wants to concrete over

our green belt.His plans for

thousands of new houses in Harlow

are unnecessary, undemocratic, and

unsustainable. Robsays: If you elect

me as your MP, I will fight to save our

green belt. Localpeople should

decide where new homes go, not the

Government.

LOWRENTS WITHCONSERVATIVESLocal Conservatives have kept Harlowrents low, with an increase ofless than1% this year. Many rents will actuallygo down. Rob says: Conservatives inHarlowCouncil have also cut the costofcommunal heating.

FIRST TIME BUYERSConservatives have

pledged to help

Harlow people onto the housing

ladder, throughshared equity

schemes. Rob says:Well give social

tenants a free 10% equity in their home

after 5 years, and well scrap stamp

duty for 90% of first-time buyers.

You can contact Robert Halfonyour Conservative Parliamentary Candidate at Harlow Conservatives

Latton Bush Centre, Southern Way, Harlow, Essex CM18 7BLTel: 01279 429251 Email: halfon4harlow@roberthalfon.com

Web: www.roberthalfon.com Blog: www.roberthalfon.blogspot.comwww.facebook.com/roberthalfon www.twitter.com/halfon4harlow

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BETTERHOMEDESIGNThanks to Robs campaign, theConservative Energy Spokesman hasvisited Newhall to see its energy-saving features, and how it is builtwith the local environment in mind.Rob says: Ill work hard for betterhomes, not just in Newhall but acrossHarlowand the villages.