Campaigners want rural areas to be exempt from plans to
extend right-to-buy to social housing. Affordable homes would not be replaced
and could vanish from the countryside, pricing even more local people out,
groups warned. Organisations including the Campaign to Protect Rural England
(CPRE), the County Land and Business Association (CLA) and the National Parks
Association have expressed concerns about the proposal. The policy looks set to
be implemented on a voluntary basis by housing associations under a proposal
put forward by the National Housing Federation. The plan would mean that there
would be a presumption in favour of sale in most circumstances but housing
associations would retain some discretion. The group warned landowners would be
reluctant to offer land for social housing if there are no guarantees it will
remain affordable and not be sold on within a few years. Read more on the Daily
Mirror website.
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