{"id":81408,"date":"2018-02-28T17:31:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T10:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housing-associations-record-profits-are-no-reason-to-rejoice-colin-wiles\/"},"modified":"2018-02-28T18:03:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T11:03:48","slug":"housing-associations-record-profits-are-no-reason-to-rejoice-colin-wiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/housing-associations-record-profits-are-no-reason-to-rejoice-colin-wiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing associations' record profits are no reason to rejoice | Colin Wiles"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nDespite rent cuts, UK social housing providers have turned in a surplus of \u00a33.5bn. So who is paying the real price? \u201cThe creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.\u201d I couldn\u2019t help thinking of this closing scene from Animal Farm when I read that the UK\u2019s housing associations made record operating profits of \u00a33.5bn in 2017. Many critics have argued that housing associations have drifted so far away from their philanthropic roots that it is often hard to distinguish them from red-at-claw property developers. The latest figures appear to prove the point. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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Despite rent cuts, UK social housing providers have turned in a surplus of \u00a33.5bn. 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