JuneSim63 💚Good article here on the factors restricting building new council homes, not least Right to Buy (which should be abolished, not merely restricted), and the housing debt transferred to local authorities by the Tory/LibDem coalition.
#Housing #RTB #CouncilHouses #UKPolitics
In Somerset, I found glorious proof that the UK can build great council houses. So what is holding us back? | John Harris | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/25/council-homes-somerset-uk-glorious-proof-labour
In Somerset, I found glorious proof that the UK can build great council houses. So what is holding us back?
It was life-affirming to meet the residents of Rainbow Way in Minehead. But so much still stands in the way of Labour’s vision for social housing, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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