Wednesday, 2 March 2016

Kerslake To Table Right To Buy Loans Amendment

The government will be pressed to offer loans for the extended Right to Buy instead of discounts, in a proposed change to legislation. Lord Bob Kerslake said he would table an amendment to the Housing and Planning Bill so that association tenants are offered equity loans, as opposed to discounts.  A report published by the Communities and Local Government committee earlier this month said the discounts should not be paid through local authority property sales, calling the funding model “extremely questionable”. Read more on Inside Housing.

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