#righttobuy — Public Fediverse posts
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The Nightly Rate
How homelessness became an asset class, and why nobody holding the purse strings seems in any great hurry to end it
https://dominusmarkham.com/the-nightly-rate/#MarkhamUnfiltered #markhamonit #thenightlyrate #housingcrisis #Homelessness #TemporaryAccommodation #financialisationofhousing #righttobuy #outsourcing #HousingIsAHumanRight #vulturefunds #UKPolitics #SpainHousing #publicmoneyprivateprofit
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The Nightly Rate
How homelessness became an asset class, and why nobody holding the purse strings seems in any great hurry to end it
https://dominusmarkham.com/the-nightly-rate/#MarkhamUnfiltered #markhamonit #thenightlyrate #housingcrisis #Homelessness #TemporaryAccommodation #financialisationofhousing #righttobuy #outsourcing #HousingIsAHumanRight #vulturefunds #UKPolitics #SpainHousing #publicmoneyprivateprofit
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The Nightly Rate
How homelessness became an asset class, and why nobody holding the purse strings seems in any great hurry to end it
https://dominusmarkham.com/the-nightly-rate/#MarkhamUnfiltered #markhamonit #thenightlyrate #housingcrisis #Homelessness #TemporaryAccommodation #financialisationofhousing #righttobuy #outsourcing #HousingIsAHumanRight #vulturefunds #UKPolitics #SpainHousing #publicmoneyprivateprofit
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The Nightly Rate
How homelessness became an asset class, and why nobody holding the purse strings seems in any great hurry to end it
https://dominusmarkham.com/the-nightly-rate/#MarkhamUnfiltered #markhamonit #thenightlyrate #housingcrisis #Homelessness #TemporaryAccommodation #financialisationofhousing #righttobuy #outsourcing #HousingIsAHumanRight #vulturefunds #UKPolitics #SpainHousing #publicmoneyprivateprofit
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The Nightly Rate
How homelessness became an asset class, and why nobody holding the purse strings seems in any great hurry to end it
https://dominusmarkham.com/the-nightly-rate/#MarkhamUnfiltered #markhamonit #thenightlyrate #housingcrisis #Homelessness #TemporaryAccommodation #financialisationofhousing #righttobuy #outsourcing #HousingIsAHumanRight #vulturefunds #UKPolitics #SpainHousing #publicmoneyprivateprofit
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Councils loses tens of millions buying back ex-Right to Buy homes
Newham Council said the properties, most of which were flats in blocks it owns the freehold to, were…
#London #Britain #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Newham #Housing #HousingCrisis #righttobuy #socialhousing #Yo-yoHomes
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Brum council recovers £5m through tenancy fraud crackdown
© Andrii Yalanskyi / Shutterstock.com. Birmingham City Council’s tenancy fraud team has saved almost £5m for the public…
#Birmingham #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #Britain #Fraud #GreatBritain #Housing #righttobuy
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/1111219/ Brum council recovers £5m through tenancy fraud crackdown #Birmingham #Britain #England #Fraud #GreatBritain #Housing #RightToBuy #UK #UnitedKingdom
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SAVE THE LOCAL: New Welsh law to give communities first refusal on buying their pub — announced the day Baglan’s Bagle Brook went up for sale
Communities in Wales are set to get a legal right to buy their local pub when it comes up for sale, under the first wave of laws planned by the new Welsh Government.
First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth told the Senedd this afternoon that the government’s first phase of legislation will include the development of a community right-to-buy scheme.
Under the plans, eligible community groups will be able to nominate and register valuable community assets — and will be given first refusal to buy them when the owners decide to sell.
The aim, the First Minister said, is to make sure such places remain in the hands of their communities.
The announcement puts Wales on a similar path to England, where a community right to buy recently passed by the UK Parliament will give groups first refusal on pubs registered as Assets of Community Value.
The pub campaign group CAMRA immediately welcomed the move, saying it could transform the odds for communities trying to save a threatened local.
Chris Charters, director of CAMRA Wales, said: “Today’s announcement of a Community Right to Buy could be a gamechanger for people who want to save and take over the running of their local.”
“Pubs are more than just businesses — they play a crucial role in building and maintaining cohesive communities,” he said.
“Where they are under threat of closure, conversion or demolition, it is right that people are given first refusal to buy it, so they have a fighting chance to save their local as a community-owned pub.”
CAMRA argues that pub protection laws in Wales are currently the weakest anywhere in the UK, leaving communities with little recourse when a local is sold, converted or demolished.
The group wants ministers to go further than the right to buy alone — calling for funding to help community groups take over their pub, and a change in planning law so that permission is always required to convert a Welsh pub into a restaurant, shop or takeaway, or to demolish it for housing.
“This will help to stop greedy developers depriving a community of their pub against the wishes of local people,” Charters said.
The announcement could hardly have been better timed for one Swansea Bay community.
Just hours earlier, the Bagle Brook in Baglan went on the market for £850,000 — with local councillors urging any buyer to save the 1979 institution and its staff.
Under the scheme announced today, a registered pub like the Bagle Brook would give its community first refusal before any sale — though with the law still to be developed and passed, it is unlikely to arrive in time for this one.
The announcement lands amid a bruising run for the area’s pubs and wider hospitality trade.
The Bagle Brook was not even the day’s only blow: hours earlier, Opulence in Llanelli closed its doors — the third bar to fail in the same prime Eastgate unit in a decade.
Last month, the Michelin Guide restaurant Slice in Sketty announced it would close after 13 years, while a lost village pub was among five local landmarks recently added to the UK register of heritage buildings in danger of being lost for good.
A community right to buy would not have saved a restaurant or a bar — it is aimed at community assets — but campaigners argue the same pressures of costs, footfall and redevelopment value are what put locals on the market in the first place.
The right-to-buy scheme was announced as part of the First Minister’s statement setting out the new government’s first legislative programme, with details of how the scheme will work — including which assets qualify and how groups register — still to come.
Related stories from Swansea Bay News
BAGLAN: Bagle Brook up for sale at £850,000
Councillors urge any buyer to save the 1979 institution and its staff.LLANELLI: Inside the Frankie & Benny’s frozen in time since 2020
Menus still in the window and salt on the tables, six years on.LLANELLI: Opulence closes as prime Eastgate unit loses its third bar in a decade
#BagleBrook #CAMRA #pubs #RhunApIorwerthMS #rightToBuy #Senedd
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@PKYo
That reminds me, I should be writing to various MPs about cottages like those sold off by the #Bridgewater #Canal #Company at #PrestonBrook.The terrace, built in the late 1700s, was sold off one house at a time in the 1950s. They all had brick built privies clustered together in a #communal #yard. Because the remaining #tenants all needed access to the yard the canal company retained ownership and provided an annual licence to each purchaser permitting access to the communal area.
There's no #lease. No #contract on #fees to be charged. The canal company can, it seems, charge what they like both to issue a #licence to a new #buyer of a #cottage and any #annual renewal #fee.
We ought to be able to add some appropriate clauses onto any upcoming #legislation that gives owners of #leasehold #property the #righttobuy such communal ground.
The attached map from 1894 shows the terrace, their privies and how some don't even have space to hang out washing to dry. @ukwaterways
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@PKYo
That reminds me, I should be writing to various MPs about cottages like those sold off by the #Bridgewater #Canal #Company at #PrestonBrook.The terrace, built in the late 1700s, was sold off one house at a time in the 1950s. They all had brick built privies clustered together in a #communal #yard. Because the remaining #tenants all needed access to the yard the canal company retained ownership and provided an annual licence to each purchaser permitting access to the communal area.
There's no #lease. No #contract on #fees to be charged. The canal company can, it seems, charge what they like both to issue a #licence to a new #buyer of a #cottage and any #annual renewal #fee.
We ought to be able to add some appropriate clauses onto any upcoming #legislation that gives owners of #leasehold #property the #righttobuy such communal ground.
The attached map from 1894 shows the terrace, their privies and how some don't even have space to hang out washing to dry. @ukwaterways
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@PKYo
That reminds me, I should be writing to various MPs about cottages like those sold off by the #Bridgewater #Canal #Company at #PrestonBrook.The terrace, built in the late 1700s, was sold off one house at a time in the 1950s. They all had brick built privies clustered together in a #communal #yard. Because the remaining #tenants all needed access to the yard the canal company retained ownership and provided an annual licence to each purchaser permitting access to the communal area.
There's no #lease. No #contract on #fees to be charged. The canal company can, it seems, charge what they like both to issue a #licence to a new #buyer of a #cottage and any #annual renewal #fee.
We ought to be able to add some appropriate clauses onto any upcoming #legislation that gives owners of #leasehold #property the #righttobuy such communal ground.
The attached map from 1894 shows the terrace, their privies and how some don't even have space to hang out washing to dry. @ukwaterways
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@PKYo
That reminds me, I should be writing to various MPs about cottages like those sold off by the #Bridgewater #Canal #Company at #PrestonBrook.The terrace, built in the late 1700s, was sold off one house at a time in the 1950s. They all had brick built privies clustered together in a #communal #yard. Because the remaining #tenants all needed access to the yard the canal company retained ownership and provided an annual licence to each purchaser permitting access to the communal area.
There's no #lease. No #contract on #fees to be charged. The canal company can, it seems, charge what they like both to issue a #licence to a new #buyer of a #cottage and any #annual renewal #fee.
We ought to be able to add some appropriate clauses onto any upcoming #legislation that gives owners of #leasehold #property the #righttobuy such communal ground.
The attached map from 1894 shows the terrace, their privies and how some don't even have space to hang out washing to dry. @ukwaterways
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@PKYo
That reminds me, I should be writing to various MPs about cottages like those sold off by the #Bridgewater #Canal #Company at #PrestonBrook.The terrace, built in the late 1700s, was sold off one house at a time in the 1950s. They all had brick built privies clustered together in a #communal #yard. Because the remaining #tenants all needed access to the yard the canal company retained ownership and provided an annual licence to each purchaser permitting access to the communal area.
There's no #lease. No #contract on #fees to be charged. The canal company can, it seems, charge what they like both to issue a #licence to a new #buyer of a #cottage and any #annual renewal #fee.
We ought to be able to add some appropriate clauses onto any upcoming #legislation that gives owners of #leasehold #property the #righttobuy such communal ground.
The attached map from 1894 shows the terrace, their privies and how some don't even have space to hang out washing to dry. @ukwaterways
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Labour’s “politics of home” and the brutal reality of Britain’s housing crisis
At the start of the month, soon to be ex-Prime Minister Keir Starmer published an opinion piece in…
#EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #Burnham #Housing #Labour #RighttoBuy #Starmer
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/72818/ Labour’s “politics of home” and the brutal reality of Britain’s housing crisis #Britain #Burnham #Housing #Labour #RightToBuy #Starmer
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https://www.europesays.com/people/133558/ Labour’s “politics of home” and the brutal reality of Britain’s housing crisis #Burnham #Housing #KeirStarmer #Labour #RightToBuy #starmer
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Fury as ‘class warrior’ Bridget Phillipson’s family makes 900% profit on council house | Politics | News
Bridget Phillipson’s family reportedly made a ‘900% profit’ on a council house (Image: Getty) Bridget Phillipson’s family reportedly…
#EuropeSays #Britain #Europe #EU #UK #BridgetPhillipson #BridgetPhillipsoncouncilhouse #BridgetPhillipsonlatest #BridgetPhillipsonnews #Classwarfare #Housing #KemiBadenoch #RighttoBuy #SocialHousingBill #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/britain/72035/ Fury as ‘class warrior’ Bridget Phillipson’s family makes 900% profit on council house | Politics | News #BridgetPhillipson #BridgetPhillipsonCouncilHouse #BridgetPhillipsonLatest #BridgetPhillipsonNews #ClassWarfare #Housing #KemiBadenoch #RightToBuy #SocialHousingBill #UK #UnitedKingdom
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"The ongoing #housing crisis is particularly visible in #SocialHousing. The government allowed social landlords to increase rents by 8% in the first financial year #Labour was in power, while the availability of these homes continues to fall because of the #RightToBuy."
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"The ongoing #housing crisis is particularly visible in #SocialHousing. The government allowed social landlords to increase rents by 8% in the first financial year #Labour was in power, while the availability of these homes continues to fall because of the #RightToBuy."
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"The ongoing #housing crisis is particularly visible in #SocialHousing. The government allowed social landlords to increase rents by 8% in the first financial year #Labour was in power, while the availability of these homes continues to fall because of the #RightToBuy."
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"The ongoing #housing crisis is particularly visible in #SocialHousing. The government allowed social landlords to increase rents by 8% in the first financial year #Labour was in power, while the availability of these homes continues to fall because of the #RightToBuy."
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"The ongoing #housing crisis is particularly visible in #SocialHousing. The government allowed social landlords to increase rents by 8% in the first financial year #Labour was in power, while the availability of these homes continues to fall because of the #RightToBuy."
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/610946/ ‘Unfair people are profiteering’ off Yo-yo Homes, says Sadiq Khan #Britain #Councils #England #GreatBritain #Housing #london #RightToBuy #SadiqKhan #UK #UnitedKingdom #YoYoHomes
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“English councils pay private landlords millions in incentives to house homeless families.” Council houses (that tenants couldn’t buy) were a really good idea. #Housing #RightToBuy
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“English councils pay private landlords millions in incentives to house homeless families.” Council houses (that tenants couldn’t buy) were a really good idea. #Housing #RightToBuy
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“English councils pay private landlords millions in incentives to house homeless families.” Council houses (that tenants couldn’t buy) were a really good idea. #Housing #RightToBuy
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“English councils pay private landlords millions in incentives to house homeless families.” Council houses (that tenants couldn’t buy) were a really good idea. #Housing #RightToBuy
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“English councils pay private landlords millions in incentives to house homeless families.” Council houses (that tenants couldn’t buy) were a really good idea. #Housing #RightToBuy
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“England to sell eight times more council homes than it built last year, report finds.” Good old Mrs Thatchers right to be homeless or ripped off by a private landlord. #RightToBuy #Housing
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“England to sell eight times more council homes than it built last year, report finds.” Good old Mrs Thatchers right to be homeless or ripped off by a private landlord. #RightToBuy #Housing
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“England to sell eight times more council homes than it built last year, report finds.” Good old Mrs Thatchers right to be homeless or ripped off by a private landlord. #RightToBuy #Housing
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“England to sell eight times more council homes than it built last year, report finds.” Good old Mrs Thatchers right to be homeless or ripped off by a private landlord. #RightToBuy #Housing
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“England to sell eight times more council homes than it built last year, report finds.” Good old Mrs Thatchers right to be homeless or ripped off by a private landlord. #RightToBuy #Housing
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>>The way out of the housing impasse is by privileging occupancy over property rights, flattening the tenure hierarchy, expanding social housing and building other decommodified housing alternatives. Resolving the housing crisis depends upon reversing and replacing the changes to the British housing system and society that the right to buy helped to bring about.<<
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/06/thatcher-right-to-buy-policy-damage-losses
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>>The way out of the housing impasse is by privileging occupancy over property rights, flattening the tenure hierarchy, expanding social housing and building other decommodified housing alternatives. Resolving the housing crisis depends upon reversing and replacing the changes to the British housing system and society that the right to buy helped to bring about.<<
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/06/thatcher-right-to-buy-policy-damage-losses
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>>The way out of the housing impasse is by privileging occupancy over property rights, flattening the tenure hierarchy, expanding social housing and building other decommodified housing alternatives. Resolving the housing crisis depends upon reversing and replacing the changes to the British housing system and society that the right to buy helped to bring about.<<
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/06/thatcher-right-to-buy-policy-damage-losses
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>>The way out of the housing impasse is by privileging occupancy over property rights, flattening the tenure hierarchy, expanding social housing and building other decommodified housing alternatives. Resolving the housing crisis depends upon reversing and replacing the changes to the British housing system and society that the right to buy helped to bring about.<<
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/06/thatcher-right-to-buy-policy-damage-losses
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>>The way out of the housing impasse is by privileging occupancy over property rights, flattening the tenure hierarchy, expanding social housing and building other decommodified housing alternatives. Resolving the housing crisis depends upon reversing and replacing the changes to the British housing system and society that the right to buy helped to bring about.<<
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/06/thatcher-right-to-buy-policy-damage-losses
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Thatcher stole public assets to use as bribes to buy votes.
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Thatcher stole public assets to use as bribes to buy votes.
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Thatcher stole public assets to use as bribes to buy votes.
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Thatcher stole public assets to use as bribes to buy votes.
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Thatcher stole public assets to use as bribes to buy votes.
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#RightToBuy in #England ‘fuelled #HousingCrisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’ | #Housing | The Guardian
What’s this? So, #Thatcher's flagship social engineering policy was a disaster? Well thanks a lot, Maggie! [Sarc.]
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#RightToBuy in #England ‘fuelled #HousingCrisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’ | #Housing | The Guardian
What’s this? So, #Thatcher's flagship social engineering policy was a disaster? Well thanks a lot, Maggie! [Sarc.]
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#RightToBuy in #England ‘fuelled #HousingCrisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’ | #Housing | The Guardian
What’s this? So, #Thatcher's flagship social engineering policy was a disaster? Well thanks a lot, Maggie! [Sarc.]
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#RightToBuy in #England ‘fuelled #HousingCrisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’ | #Housing | The Guardian
What’s this? So, #Thatcher's flagship social engineering policy was a disaster? Well thanks a lot, Maggie! [Sarc.]
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#RightToBuy in #England ‘fuelled #HousingCrisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’ | #Housing | The Guardian
What’s this? So, #Thatcher's flagship social engineering policy was a disaster? Well thanks a lot, Maggie! [Sarc.]
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"The #housing secretary said on Wednesday that the government would consult on a series of changes to limit the number of people who can qualify for government-subsidised discounts to buy their houses."
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"The #housing secretary said on Wednesday that the government would consult on a series of changes to limit the number of people who can qualify for government-subsidised discounts to buy their houses."
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"The #housing secretary said on Wednesday that the government would consult on a series of changes to limit the number of people who can qualify for government-subsidised discounts to buy their houses."
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"The #housing secretary said on Wednesday that the government would consult on a series of changes to limit the number of people who can qualify for government-subsidised discounts to buy their houses."
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"The #housing secretary said on Wednesday that the government would consult on a series of changes to limit the number of people who can qualify for government-subsidised discounts to buy their houses."
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“In the face of a desperate housing crisis, the existence of right to buy means we are in effect trying to refill a bath without being allowed to put the plug back in.”
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“In the face of a desperate housing crisis, the existence of right to buy means we are in effect trying to refill a bath without being allowed to put the plug back in.”
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“In the face of a desperate housing crisis, the existence of right to buy means we are in effect trying to refill a bath without being allowed to put the plug back in.”
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“In the face of a desperate housing crisis, the existence of right to buy means we are in effect trying to refill a bath without being allowed to put the plug back in.”
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“In the face of a desperate housing crisis, the existence of right to buy means we are in effect trying to refill a bath without being allowed to put the plug back in.”