In late July, two houses in Southwark went on the market
for more than £3m each. There's nothing particularly unusual in this – houses
sell for a lot more than that in central London. But what made this estate
agent listing slightly out of the ordinary is that the two properties are
former council houses. Britain's most expensive council houses. Southwark council put 21 and 23 Park Street
up for sale back in 2013, to raise money for new housing stock. The Grade II
listed building, which needed £500,000 of work to make it habitable, was
snapped up by a developer for £2.96m. The sale sparked an occupation protest in
the property, accusations of social cleansing and questions over the ethics of
flogging off social housing in expensive parts of London. Read more on the
CityMetric website.
I will build at least 10,000 council homes. As for right to buy – suspend
it for new properties | Andy Burnham
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There’s no point us building houses if people sell them off cheaply to no
public benefit. It’s like running a bath with no plug
- Andy Burnham is the ...
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