The National Housing Federation has announced a proposed
‘voluntary deal’ under which housing associations would extend the Right to Buy
to their tenants, and gave its members eight days to vote for or against the
deal. Shelter chief executive Campbell Robb has written an open letter to England’s
housing associations, saying he cannot support something that at its heart
demands the likely sale of over 100,000 vital council homes on the open market
to fund the up-to-£100,000 discounts for a lucky few tenants. The agreement, he
continues, could help secure HA’s independence into the future, though one
could as easily argue that accepting a threat-backed deal signals independence
diminished. Read more on the Shelter website.
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