Tuesday 31 March 2015

Electorate Divided Over Right-To-Buy

The country is missing out on the most popular housing policy, identified in a survey for the Home Owners Alliance (HOA), because it was implemented by Boris Johnson. His policy to require developers to market new homes in the UK before marketing them overseas was a clear winner in the survey, with 80% of adults supporting it and only 3% opposed. Labour came up with second most popular housing policy: charging higher council tax rates on homes that are not occupied, with 70% supporting it, and only 13% opposed. Meanwhile, the electorate is more divided over the Right-to-Buy, though support is somewhat stronger than opposition, neither ‘faction’ holds a majority, and opposition to the policy tends to be higher in areas with large concentrations of social housing. Read more on the HOA website.

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