Right To Buy For Housing Association Tenants. They Clearly Once Needed Social Housing Or They Wouldn't Be Where They Are..

[sandyRoe]

If they can afford to buy now why don't they leave where they are and look to the open market? That would leave a property for another needy family.

[rockyracoon]

Because they get a heavy discount for buying the housing assosciation house. They wouldn't get that on the open market.

[sandyRoe]

The Tories are selling off what's left of the family silver. :-(

[tamborine]

RTBuy is at discounted prices for occupants ONLY. This is unfair on workers that dont qualify for subsidised homes.

[Cloverjo]

Why can the government force HAs to offer RTB? Aren't they independant institutions?
Why isn't more (any) council housing being built?

[sevenOP]

Greater personal debt enables greater control over debtors, so it ensures a slavish acceptance of employers and government control.

[Quizmonster]

CJ, I made the same point a week or two ago when the right-wing press started hollering about Nicola Sturgeon's plan to oblige the lairds in Scotland to open up their lands to a far greater expent. None of these same Tory papers seemed to think there was anything at all wrong with snatching private property and selling it off, if it was to be favourable to the Conservatives!

[sevenOP]

Cloverjo ,

it is claimed by some that the Housing Associations acquired the properties at the same OR greater discounts as some Right to Buy tenants. ( I have even seen the claims that some HAs received £100,000 per house 'incentives'.)