At Hackney council,we want housing associations to guarantee homes lost under fair to buy will be replaced at social rentThe past week has seen some of the most meaningful arguments in years approximately the future of social housing. It started when the National Housing Federation and housing minister Greg Clark announced the proposal of a voluntary deal on extending fair to buy to housing association properties. It continued through the Labour party conference where myself, many other Labour housing leads, and London assembly member Tom Copley and shadow housing minister John Healey challenged housing associations to reject the deal. But following the vote on Friday 2 October,the vast majority of housing associations have signed up. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com