There has been widespread national and trade coverage following
the launch of the Right to Buy
consultation yesterday, proposing reforms to the scheme to
protect and reverse the decline in much need council housing.
This was picked up in The
Times, The
Guardian, The
I, BBC
News, Mail
Online and The Sun as well as trade
coverage including Housing
Today, Property
Week and Architects'
Journal. They all report on proposed measures to
extend the length of time someone has to be a tenant before they
can buy their home and protecting newly built social homes from
sale through exemptions under the scheme.
Reporting also includes the government's decision not to extend
Right to Buy to housing associations because of the substantial
costs to the taxpayer and the likely reduction in more social
housing stock.
The Deputy Prime Minister has also written exclusively for
The I
where she outlines her own personal
experience of Right to Buy and makes the case to bring forward
necessary reforms to ensure the scheme is fairer and more
sustainable.
Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Housing,
said:
“For millions of people in the position I was once in, that first
step into the secure social housing that changed my life has
become a distant dream.
“Too many social homes have been sold off before they can be
replaced, which has directly contributed to the worst housing
crisis in living memory.
“We cannot fix the crisis without addressing this issue – it's
like trying to fill a bath when the plug's not in.
“A fairer Right to Buy will help councils protect and increase
their housing stock, while also keeping the pathway to home
ownership there for those who otherwise might not have the
opportunity to get on the housing ladder.”
