A bill proposing a reduction in the qualifying period for
right to buy from five to three years is to go before a pre-legislative
scrutiny committee. The controversial
proposals are contained in the Draft Deregulation Bill, which is due to appear
before a joint committee of both Houses of Parliament imminently. Under the new
proposals, social tenants will need to have lived in their homes for three
years to qualify to buy their social home rather than the current five
years. Read more on Inside Housing.
The cruel policy that left councils unable to house families in London |
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*Stephen Pound *says local authorities had to sell off housing stock but
were not allowed to spend the proceeds on replacing the lost homes
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