Ellie Ames 08 November 2024

Right to Buy could end for new council homes

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The deputy prime minister has suggested she wants to remove new council homes in England from the Right to Buy scheme.

Angela Rayner told the BBC the Government would put restrictions on new council housing ‘so that we aren’t losing those homes’.

The local government secretary said the country was facing a homelessness crisis.

The Government has promised a ‘council house revolution’, which it said would be vital in meeting its pledge to build 1.5 million homes over the parliament.

Ms Rayner, who bought her own home through the Right to Buy scheme, told the BBC that she did not want newly built properties ‘leaving the system’.

She said: ‘We’ll be putting restrictions on them so that we aren’t losing those homes… we’re not losing that stock.’

The Government recently announced £10m to protect rough sleepers over the winter.

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