Pedestriansfirst“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
“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
Jonathan Emmesedi>>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
Matthew MalthouseThatcher stole public assets to use as bribes to buy votes.
Khurram Wadee ✅#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.]
Police State UK"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."
“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.”
Emeritus Prof Christopher MayAha, Anglea Rayner say the Right to Buy may(!) be removed from newly built social housing.
May... may? This needs to be move No.1 in the battle to revive & expand social housing in this country.... it may not be a sufficient move in that project, but it is definitely a necessary move.
(But of course, the Tory press will lambast Angela Rayner who bought her own house through RtB.... she just needs to brazen it out & get on with ending RtB)
“New council housing in England may be removed from right to buy scheme.” About time. The Right to Buy is a disaster for social housing and was essentially Thatcher’s right to buy votes! #SocialHousing #RightToBuy
https://thelabourcampaignforcouncilhousing.org/statement-on-ending-right-to-buy/
The Labour government needs to end the continual privatization of council housing in England.
