Less Than A Third of Voters Think Right to Buy Extension a Good Idea

Just 28% of voters think that giving tenants of housing associations the Right to Buy is a good idea, a poll by YouGov suggests. Following the sector’s criticism of the Conservatives’ manifesto pledge to extend the Right to Buy to £1.3million housing association tenants, 57% of voters think it is the ‘wrong priority’ with 14% unsure of the value of the policy. Even among those that voted Conservative in 2010, nearly half (48%) think that extending Right to Buy is the wrong priority, with 41% saying it is a ‘good idea’ and 11% saying they are undecided. Read more on Inside Housing.