It’s less than a week since the National Housing
Federation asked its members to vote on whether to voluntarily give their
tenants the Right to Buy. Tenants, housing associations, councils and many
commentators have been sharing their views. Here is a flavour of comments made
by tenants on TPAS Facebook and Twitter: “The
taxpayer is paying for this twice over, through the original grant to build and
the disposal of state assets to provide a discount.”
“This means less
properties being available. The end result being Housing Associations receiving
less income and the housing waiting list getting longer.”
“The right to buy a
home should be a fundamental right, but not the home you rent. That already
belongs to someone else”
Read more on the TPAS website.
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