Yo-yo Homes

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

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’
Yo-yo Homes

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?’
Yo-yo Homes

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
Yo-yo Homes

Revealed: Council sells homes for £10m under Right to Buy – then spends £33m buying them back

‘Urgent’ action needed on Right to Buy reforms after Yo-yo Homes ‘scandal’, Labour figures say
Yo-yo Homes

‘Urgent’ action needed on Right to Buy reforms after Yo-yo Homes ‘scandal’, Labour figures say

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The Yo-yo Home files: These are the Right to Buy properties councils have lost millions on buying back
Yo-yo Homes

The Yo-yo Home files: These are the Right to Buy properties councils have lost millions on buying back

Yo-yo Homes ‘indefensible’ and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue’s Right to Buy exposé
Right to Buy

Yo-yo Homes ‘indefensible’ and highlight broken system, MPs say after Big Issue’s Right to Buy exposé

The ‘Yo-yo Homes’, revealed: How ex-council tenants make over £200k selling homes back to councils
Housing

The ‘Yo-yo Homes’, revealed: How ex-council tenants make over £200k selling homes back to councils

What are Yo-yo Homes? The former council houses making ex-tenants rich
Housing

What are Yo-yo Homes? The former council houses making ex-tenants rich