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Category: “Right to Buy”

Labour shoud kill off Right to Buy, not breathe new life into it

This article was written before the Labour conference in response to a Financial Times article which reported that Labour was … More

Labour should end Right to Buy

During his first leadership election Jeremy Corbyn was interviewed by Red Brick, the blog of London Labour Housing Group. He … More

Is Labour’s Housing policy shifting leftwards?

Is Labour’s housing policy shifting leftwards? It’s official policy of suspending Right to Buy (RTB) sales was introduced by Teresa … More

Homelessness and the Housing Revenue Account

Swindon Council’s second raid on the housing account As Swindon Council faces the decline of central government Revenue Support Grant … More

Housing Associations capitulate over ‘right to buy’

When the idea of the extension of ‘right to buy’ to housing associations was first floated housing association representative, including … More

Tory war of attrition against Council housing

Just before the general election the Tories announced that they were going to extend ‘right to buy’ to Housing Associations … More

Ending right to buy “full stop”

“Tackling the Housing Crisis”, produced for Jeremy Corbyn’s campaign for the Labour leadership stands in stark contrast to New Labour’s … More

Get off the fence Harriet – Labour should oppose the theft of ‘social housing’

At the recent Prime Minister’s Question Time David Cameron goaded interim Labour Leader Harriet Harman on Labour’s attitude to the … More

“From right to buy to buy to let”

Greater London Assembly Member Tom Copley has produced a useful report on  a neglected aspect of the impact of Thatcher’s … More

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