Tenant Groups in Race to Take Ownership of Councils Homes

The history of council tenants' attempts to become collective owners of their own estates has entered a new phase now right-to-transfer regulations have finally taken effect in England. Some objected but the Labour government revived the right-to-transfer in 2008, with the intention of ensuring that councils could not block it. Regulations have now been implemented and, whether intentional or not, it has started of a race. Transfers must be completed by the end of March 2015, which is an extremely tall order as the formal procedures and polling of tenants can take a long time. Nevertheless several groups are looking at whether transfers would work for them.  Read more on the Guardian website.