There has been a huge loss of affordable council homes for rent since the introduction of right to buy in 1980. When it was introduced, there were 6.5m council houses in the UK. Scotland has recognised this and stopped the sale of council houses in 2016. What is desperately needed is for the government and councils to provide affordable homes for rent but with some new imaginative forms of tenancy. houses, rent controls, landlord licensing and security of tenure must be introduced.

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2018 17:03 UTC