Local councils have called on the government to end the Right to Buy scheme for new council homes as they warned no change to council housing funding would end in tragedy. Following Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner promising a “council housing revolution”, 100 local councils have warned the financial model for council housing finances is “broken”, with a £2.2bn “black hole” in councils’ dedicated budgets expected by 2028.
Local councils have called on the government to end the Right to Buy scheme for new council homes as they warned no change to council housing funding would end in tragedy. Following Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner promising a “council housing revolution”, 100 local councils have warned the financial model for council housing finances is “broken”, with a £2.2bn “black hole” in councils’ dedicated budgets expected by 2028. Read More
