Government plans to extend right to buy have received a
fresh barrage of criticism after it emerged almost half of the homes sold under
the legislation in Cambridge could currently be let out. Cambridge City Council
retains the freehold on 1,133 of its properties sold under right to buy. And
the council says 482 of these are currently being rented out – despite the
whole point of the legislation being to empower people to own their own home. City
MP Daniel Zeichner said: "It is no surprise that so many properties sold
under right to buy are now being let – and sadly, many of these will be
occupied by people on low pay who qualify for housing benefit.” Read more on
the Cambridge News website.
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