Think-tank Calls for 'Biggest Housing Transfer to Poor since Right to Buy'

Plans for a £90 billion asset transfer to poor families - the biggest since Margaret Thatcher’s sell-off of council houses in the 1980s – are outlined in a new report from a leading think-tank. ResPublica urges Ministers to embrace a sweeping transfer of ownership from the public sector to community groups and co-operatives. The report, At the Crossroads: Progressive Future for Housing Associations, sets out a raft of policy ideas which would overhaul the ownership, management and operation of the country’s 1,200 housing associations, which own over two million homes. Download a copy of the report from the ResPublica website.