In a comment piece for i, the Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary says her life was transformed by council housing. But a fairer and more sustainable Right to Buy scheme is now needed
Angela Rayner, centre, says she still wants ‘people who have lived in their council home to still have the opportunity to own it, as I did’
Thanks to a series of wrong-headed Right to Buy reforms going back to 2012, millions of low-income families have been forced into insecure, poor quality and unaffordable accommodation.Put simply, we are losing more social homes than we can build, at huge cost to families, to taxpayers, and to communities.
We are seeking views on eligibility criteria, protections for new build properties and rules around the replacement of the homes sold.
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