Reality Check: Are Right-To-Buy Homes Being Replaced As Promised?

The prime minister, Theresa May, has claimed that the government has met a promise to replace properties sold through the right-to-buy scheme on a one-to-one basis. Her claim was made in response to a question from the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, who suggested that only one home was being built for every five sold through the scheme. Between April 2012 and the end of 2015, there were 49,573 right-to-buy sales. So, have those homes been replaced? No. Over that same period 4,594 new homes were started on site or acquired by councils. So just one in 10 of the sold-off properties were replaced. Read more on the Guardian website.