MHCLG says Right to Buy sales in England jumped to 14,275 in 2025-26, up 90 percent year on year, while replacement starts stayed far below sales and widened the pressure on social housing supply.
Steve Reed says more than four in 10 former Right to Buy homes are now privately rented, using a Lloyds forum speech to defend Right to Buy reform and a 2035 Decent Homes push.
Ministers have confirmed a fresh tightening of Right to Buy, with the minimum eligibility period set to rise from three years to 10 and discounts…
Green Party leader Zack Polanski has called for national rent controls and the abolition of Right to Buy, claiming landlords are profiting while “ripping the…
Right to Buy applications surged to a 20-year high in 2024-25, with councils recording a net loss of nearly 4,000 social homes – a trend…
London is to offer to buy back council homes bought by individuals under the Right to Buy programme. Many of the intended vendors will be…
Margaret Thatcher was elected as Prime Minister in May 1979 with the ‘Right to Buy’ promise that Britain would become a property-owning democracy. The Right…
The Labour party has a new Leader and whilst some may feel that his election guarantees another Conservative Government in 2020, others feel that his…
