{"id":82166,"date":"2018-03-08T00:09:45","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T17:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/renting-need-not-be-the-second-best-option-letters\/"},"modified":"2018-03-08T01:03:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T18:03:10","slug":"renting-need-not-be-the-second-best-option-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/renting-need-not-be-the-second-best-option-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Renting need not be the second-best option | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAs long as renters are subject to such poor security, excessive rents and lack of control on conditions, it is hardly surprising that ownership seems a nirvanaDawn Foster\u2019s article (Renters could redraw the political map, 6 March) promises much in its title, but fails to deliver anything of substance to move this forward.There has been a huge loss of affordable council homes for rent since the introduction of right to buy in 1980. This is because money has been lost through selling homes at below market value and the ban of reinvesting a large part of the money in new homes for rent. When it was introduced, there were 6.5m council houses in the UK. There are now 2m. Currently 40% of homes sold to council tenants are rented out by private landlords. This situation is immoral and not in the interest of taxpayers. Scotland has recognised this and stopped the sale of council houses in 2016. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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