Only one new affordable home has been built for more than
every five sold in the social housing sector under the government’s revitalised
right-to-buy scheme. Official figures make a mockery of the government’s
pledge, launched to great fanfare in 2011, that it would replace every property
sold under the scheme with a new one. The Conservative party is considering
making an expansion of right to buy a manifesto pledge. However, housing
experts have questioned the move, given the performance of the current scheme.
Read more on the Guardian website.
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South Siders voice concerns about gentrification, housing and affordability
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