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Sadiq Khan condemns ‘unfair profiteering’ from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils

Sadiq Khan condemns ‘unfair profiteering’ from sales of Right to Buy homes back to councils
Mayor reacts after Big Issue reveals how the capital’s councils have lost tens of millions buying back homes they owned just a few years previously
Councils buy back £34m of ex-Right to Buy homes for over 3x sale price in ‘economic madness’

Councils buy back £34m of ex-Right to Buy homes for over 3x sale price in ‘economic madness’
Big Issue discovers fate of 445 council homes sold under Right to Buy for £35.7m, then repurchased for nearly £100m, as taxpayers lose out on Yo-yo Homes
Labour council blocks bid to reveal extent of Yo-yo Home losses: ‘Why would they try and hide this?’

Labour council blocks bid to reveal extent of Yo-yo Home losses: ‘Why would they try and hide this?’
Big Issue exposed £2.5 million that Swindon’s council lost on Yo-yo Homes in the past five years. Its politicians have just voted against revealing the last decade’s financial toll
Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back
Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back
The Yo-yo Home files: These are the Right to Buy properties councils have lost millions on buying back
The Yo-yo Home files: These are the Right to Buy properties councils have lost millions on buying back
Letters: The system creating poverty must be eradicated. That system is capitalism

Letters: The system creating poverty must be eradicated. That system is capitalism
Yo-yo Homes ‘indefensible’ and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue’s Right to Buy exposé

Yo-yo Homes ‘indefensible’ and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue’s Right to Buy exposé
Reversing Right to Buy may sound radical. But it could fix the housing shortage

Reversing Right to Buy may sound radical. But it could fix the housing shortage
What are Yo-yo Homes? The former council houses making ex-tenants rich

What are Yo-yo Homes? The former council houses making ex-tenants rich
The ‘Yo-yo Homes’, revealed: How ex-council tenants make over £200k selling homes back to councils

The ‘Yo-yo Homes’, revealed: How ex-council tenants make over £200k selling homes back to councils
The fall of Angela Rayner emphasises the rise in power of property ownership

The fall of Angela Rayner emphasises the rise in power of property ownership
Craig David returns to childhood social home in plea to build: ‘I could play my melodies and dream’

Craig David returns to childhood social home in plea to build: ‘I could play my melodies and dream’
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’
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
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?
‘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’
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


