Boroughs 'Forced To Sell Off Council Housing'

Government ministers have been accused of hiding key details of plans to force London boroughs to sell off thousands of high-value council houses. Labour issued figures claiming that the authorities will lose more council homes than all the other regions in England added together. The Housing and Planning Bill aims to force the sell-off to fund a new right to buy for housing association tenants. Ministers argue it is wasteful for boroughs to sit on properties worth £1 million or more. But shadow housing minister John Healey protested that the Government had not yet published draft regulations showing how the rules would work, despite MPs and peers already voting on the powers. Read more on the Evening Standard website.