2026-07-22 18:49 UTC
Bring back Council owned social housing!
Sign Sian Berry's petition to give local authorities the power to buy existing vacant properties and convert them to council housing!
https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fund-councils-to-buy-the-supply-of-council-homes
#HousingCrisis #UKpol #Housing #GreenParty #GPEW
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@daveSmeg@mastodon.social 2026-07-23 07:08
@distinctdipole@tech.lgbt You can blame Thatcher for that little money earner. She set up the Right-to-Buy scheme to allow renters to buy their home from the council at a reduced rate if they had been living there for 3 or more years. At the same time she banned councils from building new homes to replenish the housing stock that had been sold. Now councils have to rely on private companies to provide social housing.