Forcing councils to sell off homes and extending right to buy will further profit private landlords,Commons’ committee findsForty per cent of ex-council flats sold through right to buy are being rented out more expensively by private landlords, the Commons communities and local government select committee has found. In the committees report, and released nowadays,MPs expressed concerns approximately “unresolved issues” with the governments proposed extension of right to buy to housing associations, and a levy on the sale of vacant council homes. It found that in some areas councils could be forced to sell up to 97% of properties upon emptiness.
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Source: theguardian.com