Comment on Council offers families £50,000 to not buy Right To Buy homes
kip@piefed.zip 2 weeks agoThe calculation here is probably that it’s worth the 50k to retain an existing house, if they built another one they would still be obliged to sell it at a discount
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Which is why right to buy is so terrible, it’s selling off public assets at a discount to what often becomes private landlords.
kip@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
Yep. And particularly galling when the newly minted landlord rents their house back to the council to use as temporary accommodation
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Yet more reasons to hate Thatcher, but no one has changed it since either