- Scrap Thatcher’s right to buy
- Build council homes now
Over 40% of ex-council houses sold under Thatcher’s ‘right to buy’ scheme are now part of the private rental sector, according to Inside Housing.
Right to buy allows council tenants to buy the house they live in at a large discount, starting at 35%. Nearly two million homes have been sold under the scheme since 1980.
When my parents announced we would be purchasing the house we were living in back in the early 2000s, I thought it sounded like a great idea. Who wouldn’t want to own the place they lived in?
This story is from the Issue 975, 14 December 2017 - 3 January 2018 edition of The Socialist.
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