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Council hits out at ‘damaging’ Right to Buy as homes in Mikhail Riches’ Stirling Prize-winning scheme set for sale

By 2024-03-22T10:29:00

Goldsmith Street, Norwich, by Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley

Source: Tim Crocker

Seven residents want to buy homes in prize-winning Goldsmith Street development

The deputy leader of Norwich City Council has hit out at the government’s “incredibly damaging” Right to Buy (RTB) scheme after seven residents living in a Stirling-prize winning development expressed interest in buying their homes.

Architect Mikhail Riches won the prestigious architecture award five years ago for its Goldsmith Street scheme, a 100% social housing development for the council made up of 93 passivhaus homes.

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