The end of the Right to Buy scheme in Scotland after 30
years has been welcomed by housing bodies. Nearly 500,000 council and housing
association homes were sold under the policy, which was introduced by Margaret
Thatcher's government in 1980. It allowed tenants in social housing to buy
their homes at discounted rates. MSPs voted to scrap the measure in 2014
following concerns that it had contributed to an acute shortage of social
housing. Right to Buy schemes are still operating in the rest of the UK. Read
more on the BBC website.
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