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Eight times more council homes to be sold off than were built last year
The Guardian
|August 21, 2025
England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025-26 as were constructed in 2024-25, research has found.
Right to buy is depleting council housing stock more quickly than public housing can be replaced, forcing people to spend more money on private market rents and obtain less secure tenancies, the Common Wealth thinktank has found.
Its analysis of government data found that 38,170 social homes and 2,850 council homes were constructed by the government in 2023-24. In 2024-25, 2,260 council homes were built. There were 13,966 sell-offs of council houses through right to buy in 2023-24 and 8,656 in 2024-25. It is estimated that 18,500 council homes will be sold off in 2025-26 - more than eight times more than the number built in 2024-25.
The report concluded that if the government wanted to increase the supply of social rental housing quickly, it must invest in buying back and restoring homes sold off under right to buy, alongside more council housebuilding.
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