Reform, and the death of the Tory Party

[C R]

I think criticism of the people who bought their council houses misses the point. Council housing stock was depleted because councils weren't allowed to build new homes with the proceeds of the sales of existing ones, is that not the case?

 

[Pblakeney]

I would agree we need more affordable housing. Don’t necessarily see why it needs to be “council”.

If you read some of the newspapers articles associated with Philipson’s mother’s purchased council house, it was hardly a good advert for council housing, ie lack of maintenance etc.

It needs to be council driven as private landlords will want to maximise profits, therefore higher rent.
The reason for the big sell off was unsustainable maintenance costs. A middle ground needs to be found, or just give up.