Council House millionaires

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I watched this last night and was quite horrified! What I just don't get is how these people can get their hands on so many council homes without living in them.
How does that work??

Hi - there's an existing thread on this here if you want to see other comments. www.mumsnet.com/Talk/telly_addicts/3822249-Britains-Council-House-Millionaires-the-real-beneficiaries-of-Thatchers-sell-off-of-council-housing

They get them because too many of the original right to buyers work out they can make more money selling on that state subsidised own home. So most right to buy houses are now part of the buy to let market.

It wouldn't have been as bad as this if Thatcher and later government's had allowed councils to build houses to replace the ones that were sold off.

Thanks!! I couldn't find a thread

Everything that Stumbled has said - with knobs on.

Because the BEST council houses were the ones that were sold off - nobody wanted to buy the crap ones in rubbish areas. So we are left with too few council houses, and the ones we have are mainly in areas which are dangerous and deprived.