{"id":789,"date":"2016-01-05T14:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-01-05T07:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rob-the-poor-and-give-to-the-rich-housing-policy-for-2016-aditya-chakrabortty\/"},"modified":"2016-01-05T19:09:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T12:09:01","slug":"rob-the-poor-and-give-to-the-rich-housing-policy-for-2016-aditya-chakrabortty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rob-the-poor-and-give-to-the-rich-housing-policy-for-2016-aditya-chakrabortty\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob the poor and give to the rich \u2013 housing policy for 2016 | Aditya Chakrabortty"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe bill before parliament today is ideology at its purest: a full-throttle attack on social tenants everywhereThis afternoon, MPs will vote on a proposed law. As a bit of policy, it is as belligerently incoherent as a drunk at 2am. As a piece of politics, it will harm millions of people, while making one of the gravest crises facing our country even worse. Yet I\u2019m fairly sure this piece will be one of the few across the press and the BBC even to discuss it. Related: The end of council housing Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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