Housing Associations React To Conservative’s Right To Buy Promise With Scepticism

Housing associations have reacted with scepticism to the Conservative Party’s manifesto pledge to push ahead with a policy extending the Voluntary Right to Buy (VRTB) to their tenants if it wins next month’s election. The manifesto promised to “evaluate new pilot areas” following the “successful” Midlands scheme. But the National Housing Federation (NHF) said the pilot will be a success “only if it helps tenants onto the housing ladder without any net loss of social housing”, while housing associations involved in the project pointed to issues with the policy. Read more on Inside Housing.

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