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Right to Buy sales set to outstrip completions eight-fold

By 2025-08-22T05:00:00

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A new report calls on the government to introduce buy back schemes and expand refusal rights

Eight times as many council homes are set to be sold off in England this year than were built in the previous year, new research has revealed. 

This is set to be an “exceptional” year for Right to Buy, as council tenants race to buy their homes ahead of the Labour government’s reduction in Right to Buy discounts.

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