The leader of a flagship London Tory council has warned
that David Cameron’s right-to-buy scheme could strip the capital of “huge
swathes of social housing”. Westminster leader Philippa Roe admitted that the
re-jigged initiative risks leaving boroughs unable to provide homes for people
who need them. The Prime Minister wants to allow 1.3 million housing
association tenants to purchase their property and has promised that each home
sold will be replaced. But Ms Roe said associations were likely to use money
from the sale of London homes to build a greater number of properties outside
the capital, where development is cheaper. She said: “What we will see is a
reduction in the number of social housing units in London and more units built
outside. But the crisis in housing is inside London. So it is absolutely vital
that the proceeds of right-to-buy from London are kept in London.” Read more on
the Evening Standard website.
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