{"id":148802,"date":"2025-01-15T14:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T07:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/labour-faces-costs-of-50bn-to-replenish-affordable-housing-after-right-to-buy-report-says\/"},"modified":"2025-01-15T14:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T07:20:20","slug":"labour-faces-costs-of-50bn-to-replenish-affordable-housing-after-right-to-buy-report-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/labour-faces-costs-of-50bn-to-replenish-affordable-housing-after-right-to-buy-report-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour faces costs of \u00a350bn to replenish affordable housing after right to buy, report says"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMargaret Thatcher\u2019s 1980s policy turbocharged the sale of council homes, contributing to \u2018worst housing crisis in living memory\u2019Margaret Thatcher\u2019s right-to-buy scheme has left Britain with the legacy of a social housing shortfall that would cost the government \u00a350bn to return the number of affordable homes back to 2010 levels.In a report issued as Labour pushes to reform the Conservative policy introduced in the 1980s, the Resolution Foundation said Keir Starmer\u2019s government faced a huge task to replenish the UK\u2019s affordable housing stock. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Labour faces costs of \u00a350bn to replenish affordable housing after right to buy, report says<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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