Boris Johnson has been told to lobby for a suspension of
right to buy on new council homes in the capital in a London Assembly report.
The housing committee has called for councils to be given a ‘right not to sell’
where appropriate, and said the government should impose a moratorium on the
sale of all new family-sized council homes in London. The report says councils are struggling to
replace homes which are sold, as it takes 1.6 right to buy sales to build one
private home. It also criticises the ‘absurd situation’ of councils having to
rent back old stock from private landlords who ‘abused the system’ by buying
the house and then letting it. Read more on the London.Gov website.
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