The government will be pressed to offer loans for the
extended Right to Buy instead of discounts, in a proposed change to
legislation. Lord Bob Kerslake said he would table an amendment to the Housing
and Planning Bill so that association tenants are offered equity loans, as
opposed to discounts. A report published
by the Communities and Local Government committee earlier this month said the
discounts should not be paid through local authority property sales, calling
the funding model “extremely questionable”. Read more on Inside Housing.
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Tom Allan
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*Glenisla, Angus:* Damage by squirrels is common; the mustelid less so.
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