Tag: right to buy

Government sets out reforms to Right to Buy

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th May 2026, 6 days ago | 6

The government has announced new reforms to Right to Buy as part of efforts to overhaul and support councils. The...

Rent controls do work claims Green Party

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th March 2026, 2 months ago | 11

The Green Party claims that “rent controls can work,” despite evidence suggesting otherwise. Speaking at the New Economics Foundation, Green...

Council faces backlash after Right-to-Buy loophole costs millions

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th November 2025, 6 months ago | 5

A council with the biggest social housing waiting list in England has come under fire for buying back ex-council homes...

Landlords to be abolished by the Green Party

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th October 2025, 7 months ago | 63

Green Party members have voted to ‘seek the effective abolition of private landlordism’ at their autumn conference in Bournemouth, signalling...

Right-to-Buy has worsened housing crisis claims think tank

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th August 2025, 9 months ago | 3

A think tank claims that Right-to-Buy has become “England’s biggest housing disaster”, costing taxpayers £200 billion. A report by the...

Tenants lose fight as council can evict families to house homeless

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th June 2025, 11 months ago | 64

Tenants have lost a legal challenge against a Labour-run council after they were served eviction notices to make way for...

Right-to-Buy sales set to reach highest level in 20 years

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st May 2025, 12 months ago | 5

The number of council homes being sold under the Right-to-Buy scheme is set to hit its highest level in two...

Private providers lead social housing growth but challenges remain

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th November 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Despite an increase in affordable housing, only 700 social homes were built in England last year, according to the Regulator...

Is it time for landlords to take action?

Author: Readers Question

19th August 2024, 2 years ago | 26

The last so-called Conservative government enacted some terrible policies on the PRS. After our initial shock, many of us flexed...

RTB denied for spurious reasons?

Author: Readers Question

9th August 2024, 2 years ago | 0

Hi, almost a year after my sheltered building was decommissioned (by a council cabinet decision), I applied to buy my...

Housing: The Key Battleground in the Upcoming Election

Author: Adam Lawrence

24th June 2024, 2 years ago | 35

As we edge closer to the next general election, housing has become a pivotal issue in the political arena –...

41% of Right to Buy homes are now private rentals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th May 2024, 2 years ago | 31

Research reveals that 41% of properties sold under Right to Buy are now privately rented – that’s around 820,000 homes....

Angela Rayner: The hypocrite who needs to come clean

Author: Landlord Crusader

1st March 2024, 2 years ago | 19

Well, well, well, if it isn’t my old friend, the Ashton-under-Lyne foghorn Angela Rayner making headlines this week and turning...

Rayner hits back at ‘hypocrisy’ claims over Right-to-Buy

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th February 2024, 2 years ago | 17

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has dismissed Tory accusations of hypocrisy over her use of the Right-to-Buy scheme, saying she...

Councils demand Right to Buy reform to tackle the housing crisis

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th February 2024, 2 years ago | 20

The Local Government Association (LGA) is urging the government to overhaul the Right to Buy (RTB) scheme which allows council...

Councils spend £1.74 billion on temporary accommodation for the homeless

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th November 2023, 3 years ago | 5

The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that homelessness has reached record levels, with 104,000 households living in temporary accommodation...

Labour supports ‘Right to buy’ – but not in Wales

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd December 2022, 3 years ago | 1

In an interview with iNews, the Shadow Housing Secretary Lisa Nandy says Labour supports a council house tenant’s right to...