Great Tory housing shame: Third of ex-council homes now owned by rich landlords

[imagine]

i know of those who have had their council house bought with an agreement with those who financed it for them, in order to do a deal with the tenant to vacate after the 3 years of staying in the house before sale, so not to lose the discount, the person who financed it then own the house, it has been open to fiddling and in some cases in a big way,


council housing should never have been sold,,, end of

[joebloggs]

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council housing should never have been sold,,, end of

there are always ways of fiddling or stretching the rules

if they could afford to buy it, they shouldn't have been in the council house

and your right, they shouldn't have been sold off in the first place

[Arthur Little]

council housing should never have been sold,,, end of

Hmm ... well ... I would have to disagree there, Stewart ... I bought mine in 1991 - after being the sitting tenant since 1968 - and, to be honest ... ... I'd never have managed to get a foot on the property ladder had it not been for Thatcher's 'Right to Buy' policy. Indeed, I've now occupied the same house for almost 45 years.

[imagine]

Hmm ... well ... I would have to disagree, Stewart ... I bought mine in 1991 - after being the sitting tenant since 1968 - and, to be honest ... ... I'd never have managed to get a foot on the property market had it not been for Thatcher's 'Right to Buy'. Indeed, I've now occupied the same house for almost 45 years.

i bought and lost my private house through divorce separation years ago,

i bought my council house here in scotland, through the right to buy, without the sale of council housing i may not have been able to buy again,

so i have benefited,

but it does not change my opinion that council housing should never have been put for sale in the 1st place,
alternatives could have been thought of, such as low cost housing, maybe via gov grants,
houses built cheaply with arrangments for no tax on the building materials or any taxes involved in building or of the propertys first sale, grants for council tenants to buy these houses freeing up under occupied council housing, im sure there are many alternative ideas

[joebloggs]

the blame lies with thatcher look at the drop in number of council houses being built from 1980 to 1995 , its gone from 75,000 to nearly 0

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