Property News · January 3, 2018

Let's give up the home-owning dream. Social renters are just as happy


Social housing provides many emotional and social benefits, our research has shown, but we still need to eliminate the stigma We live in a country obsessed with home ownership. While the government may just have promised an extra £2bn of investment in social housing, our national housing strategy is still driven by the assumption that home ownership is the natural choice for all who can afford it.This assumption is backed by policies like Help to Buy, which cost far more than the government puts towards social housing. For those who can’t afford to buy, the assumption is they want to, and are in a private rental limbo, saving and biding their time. For the rest, social housing is the tenure of last resort. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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