In the areas hit hardest by the housing crisis, two
thirds of right to buy homes sold since 2010 had one or two bedrooms. These are
the very homes that David Cameron and the coalition (via the HCA middleman) are
encouraging social housing providers to build more of, to deal with the
downsizers pushed out of their existing homes by the 'bedroom tax'. Since
Cameron re-launched the discount home buy scheme for social tenants when he
came to office almost four years ago, thousands of properties have been lost to
private ownership. Right-to-buy might be popular, but at a significant cost –
to which politicians are now wising up. Read more on the Guardian website.
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