{"id":54277,"date":"2017-05-10T12:30:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T05:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/weve-been-playing-politics-with-housing-for-too-long\/"},"modified":"2017-05-10T12:39:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T05:39:01","slug":"weve-been-playing-politics-with-housing-for-too-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/weve-been-playing-politics-with-housing-for-too-long\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve been playing politics with housing for too long"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLabour\u2019s plans could bring back some security for renters \u2013 but it\u2019s still homeowners who decide electionsIn the 10 years I\u2019ve been writing about British social housing policy, no news story has more encapsulated the unfolding crisis than the recent revelation that councils have spent millions of pounds buying back homes lost through the right-to-buy policy. Islington, in Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s back yard, has spent \u00a36.2m acquiring former council houses it had sold to leaseholders for less than \u00a31.3m in total. Related: At last, a plan to tackle the housing crisis \u2013 Labour may just have the answer | Owen Jones Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Labour\u2019s plans could bring back some security for renters \u2013 but it\u2019s still homeowners who...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-e7r","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":147404,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-leader-announces-measures-to-address-housing-crisis-in-annual-policy-address\/","url_meta":{"origin":54277,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong leader announces measures to address housing crisis in annual policy address","date":"October 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee announced a series of measures aimed at addressing the city\u2019s housing affordability crisis during an annual policy address.\r \r Source : cnbc.com\r Read more...Hong Kong leader announces measures to address housing crisis in annual policy address","rel":"","context":"In "Property News"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9364,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/which-london-mayor-candidate-will-fix-the-capitals-housing-crisis\/","url_meta":{"origin":54277,"position":1},"title":"Which London mayor candidate will fix the capital's housing crisis?","date":"March 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The choice for voters is between limited variations to a complicated housing policy equationThere\u2019s a short answer to the headline question. 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