Right to Buy Voted 'Biggest Reform' In Last 60 Years

The right for council tenants to buy their homes has been voted the biggest social housing reform in the last 60 years by 24housing and 24Dash readers. Margaret Thatcher’s Right to Buy policy took more than 40% of the votes ahead of the Decent Homes programme (12%) and Nye Bevan’s 1949 Housing Act (9%). The events were chosen by a panel of nine housing experts including former housing minister Nick Raynsford and TSA chief Peter Marsh. Last December, the expert panel voted Nye Bevan’s Housing Act 1949 as the most significant reform ahead of the 1988 Housing Act and the 1980 Right to Buy. Read more on the 24dash website.