To think that Boris bringing back the 'Right to buy' scheme from the 80s is a terrible idea

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Just this really. I think it's a slap in the face for all those private renters who cannot afford to buy a home, and just a horrible idea.
Boris Johnson mulls a new Right to Buy scheme as housebuilding hits the curb (cityam.com)

Not sure if link above works, but you can google it.
Evidently he is 'mulling over' the idea of bringing back Margaret Thatcher's scheme from the late 80s that decimated this country's council housing stock.
Just wondered what other people thought about it?

Maybe that's how we would pay for Covid and solve the shortage of houses for sale at reasonable prices.

there would still be a shortage of housing and houses, so the price wouldn’t become reasonable, supply and demand would still be out of balance.

The Tories have form for it. Thatcher did it on steroids - the railways, utility companies, telecom, the list’s endless. It was called selling the family silver.

The Tories have form for (selling things off). Thatcher did it on steroids - the railways, utility companies, telecom, the list’s endless. It was called selling the family silver

Indeed, Blossom, and some of us are old enough to remember that it didn't even buy us better service at the time

Because for all the talk about "paying for the best", too many simply carried on employing the existing terrible management, though on vastly inflated salaries

Of course they did because the entire premise was based on profit.

bigissue.com/news/environment/it-cant-be-sustainable-the-hidden-costs-of-demolishing-council-housing-estates/

So what happens when interest rates rise and mortgage payments go up? Who will pay the bill then?
The solution is to rebuild millions of social housing stock, rather than relying on private landlords who’ve been getting housing benefits from the taxpayers.
Build public sector houses for the public, which the government can control the rates for, not being held to ransom by landlords charging a fortune for a shitty property ( in some cases not all).

We our going to have a massive problem with generation rent. What happens when this generation retires and can no longer afford to rent private rental homes?
The key is to lower houses prices, build more homes and maybe scrap deposits.

If wasn’t for deposits, millions of hard working people in the private rental sector could halve their bills and own their own home.
Surely everyone wins then? Scrap deposits!

We certainly are, because having a roof over your head that you no longer have to pay for is an obvious asset. Sadly governments of all persuasions didn’t bother to listen until it was too late, and - honestly, given the population levels and the shift in political cultures back towards autocratic attitudes - they simply do not give a damn about the ordinary working person, no more than aristos ever did give a damn about peasants.

www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambridge-residents-alarmed-over-threat-to-demolish-homes-9259641/