Boris Johnson has been criticised for 'hare-brained' plans to revive Margaret Thatcher's 'Right to Buy' policy.
Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy branded the potential shake-up "desperate"."Millions of families in the private rented sector with low savings and facing sky high-costs and rising bills, need far more ambitious plans to help them buy their own home.Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, said: "The hare-brained idea of extending Right to Buy to housing associations is the opposite of what the country needs.
"Right to Buy has already torn a massive hole in our social housing stock as less than 5 per cent of the homes sold off have ever been replaced. These half-baked plans have been tried before and they've failed. "Over one million households are stuck on social housing waiting lists in England, and with every bill skyrocketing, the government should be building more social homes so we have more not less."
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