Right to Buy Could Be Scrapped By Council Housing Bosses

Housing bosses in Brighton plan to become the first in the country to scrap the policy that allows council tenants to buy their homes. Brighton and Hove council will ask the Government for permission to end Right to Buy because it puts publicly-owned homes into the hands of private landlords. Members voted through a Green motion to apply for the exemption, which would be the first of its kind granted to a local authority in the country. Read more on the Daily Telegraph website.