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   Guy Holmes (guyholmes@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 16:53:26 JST Guy Holmes

   Councils now sell off more houses than they build https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/26/councils-sell-off-more-houses-right-to-buy-failure?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

   I asked my dad (an architect in 1950’s UK) how Britain built houses after the 2nd world war he said - local authorities were allowed to obtain 65year mortgages at which repayments were covered by the rental income - it became self financing.
   Current gov will not allow Local Authorities to do this now why not?

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     Mrs Cloudy (cloudymrs@mastodon.scot)'s status on Tuesday, 26-Mar-2024 16:53:26 JST Mrs Cloudy

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     @guyholmes The "right to buy ended in 2016 in "Britain". Just not the Guardians bit of it.
     https://www.gov.scot/news/right-to-buy-ends-in-scotland/