Property News · October 1, 2016

Tory housing policy overhaul could include rent-to-buy


Proposals to tackle the country’s housing crisis expected at party conference next weekThe government is considering a shift in its housing policy away from a primary focus on home ownership in an acceptance that many people on lower incomes cannot afford to buy a property and instead need help with renting, the Guardian has been told.An announcement on housing is expected at next week’s Conservative party conference, sources connected to housing policy have said. While it remains unclear what this will involve, ministers are understood to be interested in the idea of rent-to-buy schemes. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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