People in a deprived east London borough now face a
50-year wait for a council house, a senior councillor from the area says in BBC
documentary. Maureen Worby, the councillor in charge of social care for Barking
and Dagenham, tells a meeting of local people they have to wait a decade for a
council home, before adding: “Do you know what – it’s not a 10-year wait, it’s
a 50-year wait.” Barking and Dagenham has seen almost 20,000 of its homes sold
since the right-to-buy policy was introduced 1980, about half its total housing
stock. It has 50 times more people on the housing waiting list than properties
available. Read more on the Guardian website.
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