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Andy Burnham: ‘Right to Buy scheme means homelessness will get worse before it gets better’

Andy Burnham: ‘Right to Buy scheme means homelessness will get worse before it gets better’
The Greater Manchester mayor agrees with his London counterpart after an interview with Big Issue
Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis

Right to Buy sales are set to plummet – but Labour is still facing £50bn bill to fix housing crisis
Resolution Foundation analysis found more than 400,000 affordable homes are needed to return stock to 2010 levels, costing an estimated £50bn
Landlords are threatening an ‘exodus’ by selling up. What will happen to renters’ homes if they do?

Landlords are threatening an ‘exodus’ by selling up. What will happen to renters’ homes if they do?
Landlords are warning of an apocalyptic exodus and mass homelessness. But what could be made of the opportunity?
‘We must remove the shackles of stigma’: Five ways Labour wants to shake-up Right to Buy
‘We must remove the shackles of stigma’: Five ways Labour wants to shake-up Right to Buy
What Labour’s autumn budget means for the housing crisis and homelessness
What Labour’s autumn budget means for the housing crisis and homelessness
Benefits bill pushes government spending on housing to highest level since records began

Benefits bill pushes government spending on housing to highest level since records began
Suspend Right to Buy to help tackle social housing crisis, government told: ‘It’s exploitative’

Suspend Right to Buy to help tackle social housing crisis, government told: ‘It’s exploitative’
How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord

How a council used a little-known 20-year-old law to seize properties off a rogue landlord
Labour urged to set social housing targets and kickstart a ‘council house revolution’

Labour urged to set social housing targets and kickstart a ‘council house revolution’
Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs

Four problems Labour must solve to deliver the social housing Britain urgently needs
Council spending on homelessness triples in eight years

Council spending on homelessness triples in eight years
Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer’s plan to end the UK’s housing crisis

Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer’s plan to end the UK’s housing crisis
Should we end Thatcher’s Right to Buy? How scrapping scheme could help solve UK’s housing crisis

Should we end Thatcher’s Right to Buy? How scrapping scheme could help solve UK’s housing crisis
More than four in 10 council homes sold under Right to Buy now owned by private landlords

More than four in 10 council homes sold under Right to Buy now owned by private landlords
Local authority funding crisis ‘putting future of council housing under threat’

Local authority funding crisis ‘putting future of council housing under threat’
Government will pay landlords 5 times more than it will spend on affordable housing in next 4 years

Government will pay landlords 5 times more than it will spend on affordable housing in next 4 years
Sadiq Khan’s Right to Buy-back scheme leads to return of 1,500 council homes

Sadiq Khan’s Right to Buy-back scheme leads to return of 1,500 council homes
Right to Buy: Fewer than half of homes sold off in the last year have been replaced

Right to Buy: Fewer than half of homes sold off in the last year have been replaced
Labour would allow communities to crack down on holiday lets and buy failed football clubs

Labour would allow communities to crack down on holiday lets and buy failed football clubs
Revealed: At least 30,000 people have waited 10 years for social housing

Revealed: At least 30,000 people have waited 10 years for social housing
Help to Build scheme asks Brits to tackle the housing crisis – but ‘won’t reach those in need’

Help to Build scheme asks Brits to tackle the housing crisis – but ‘won’t reach those in need’
Boris Johnson’s plans to expand Right to Buy housing scheme labelled ‘baffling and unworkable’

Boris Johnson’s plans to expand Right to Buy housing scheme labelled ‘baffling and unworkable’
Right to Buy: Boris Johnson’s plan to extend scheme branded the ‘opposite of what the country needs’
