Third of Councils Selling Homes Under Right to Buy Haven’t Replaced Properties

A third of councils that have sold homes through the Right to Buy scheme have not replaced a single property, according to new figures.

Of the 166 councils in England to use the initiative, just two have replaced every home sold since 2012.

The Department for Communities and Local Government insists: “If councils do not deliver one-for-one replacements the Government will.”¹

¹ Shaw, V. (2015) No title, Metro, 21 September, p.32