A top Tory councillor is calling on Prime Minister
Theresa May to ‘re-think the rules’ on Right to Buy – evoking the spirit of
Margaret Thatcher. Councillor Rock Feilding-Mellen is the Deputy Leader and
Cabinet Member for Housing at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Cllr
Feilding-Mellen says it would be better to fund RTB – for council tenants as
well as for housing association tenants – by offering shared equity deals so
when homes are sold the discount would be repaid to the Exchequer to be
recycled to help more people. He says: “An approach along these lines would
increase the chance of being able to prevent our cities from becoming polarised
between rich and poor areas and preserve mixed communities.” Read more on
24housing.
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