Discuss - Housing Right to Buy Scheme - Support of the Right to Buy scheme

Do you support the 'Right to Buy' scheme?

Conservative At the 2011 Conservative Party Conference, David Cameron proposed to increase Right to Buy discounts in order to revitalise the housing market and generate receipts which could be spent on new housing. Social housing professionals have expressed concerns over the proposal. Source: Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_Buy

Green Party The Green Party want to end the 'right to buy' scheme, and replace it with a 'right to rent' system. The party believe that people who are struggling to pay their mortgage should be able to rent their home as council housing. This in turn would raise £2bn each year for local authorities to enable them to support the scheme. Source: Green Party Manifesto

Liberal Democrat "... the Lib Dem delegates backed a call to allow local authorities to choose not to sell off council housing under the right-to-buy scheme. The Lib Dem conference was told the policy had contributed towards a shortage of social housing." Source: BBC, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29507216

SNP In July 2013, the Scottish Government confirmed that Right to Buy would be abolished in Scotland from 2017. Source: Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_Buy

UKIP "The party would also bring 700,000 empty properties back into use as affordable housing, and revitalise the Right to Buy scheme." Source: http://www.propertyindustryeye.com/ukip-unveils-housing-policies-pledges-never-build-green-belt/

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