Right to buy
Extension of Right to Buy to housing associations will deepen the housing crisis
The UK is already lacking sufficient social housing to meet current needs, with 5m people on local authority waiting lists
The social housing giveaway will push needy families into homes they cannot afford
The UK is already lacking the social housing it needs, but the Tories are planning to give away more
A Tory extension of Right to Buy would be a disaster
Over the next ten years 1.5 council homes are expected to be lost for every new home that is built
Right to Buy relies on several mistaken assumptions
A recent article on Conservative Home bemoaning the fact that the reinvigorated Right-to-Buy policy has not taken off and suggesting a further raising of the discount deserves challenging by the reality-based policy community.
Newham, Stoke, ‘social cleansing’ and economic growth
Kevin Gulliver reports on the housing crisis in the UK, and its role in yesterday’s negative growth figures, dragged down by the construction contraction.
Cameron’s economically irrational Right to Buy relaunch won’t solve housing crisis
David Cameron’s Right to Buy relaunch yesterday is economically irrational and won’t solve the nation’s deepening housing crisis, writes Kevin Gulliver.