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Morning Briefing: papers cover Inside Housing research
Major newspapers cover exclusive Inside Housing research on the Right to Buy this morning, while academics argue living in tower blocks is damaging for residents
In the news
The Guardian, The Daily Mirror and The Independent have stories on Inside Housing research which found that more than 40% of homes sold under the Right to Buy are now being let privately.
Read the original story here, or take a look at our more in-depth analysis of the data.
In related news, The Guardian carries an opinion piece on the Welsh Assembly’s vote to abolish the Right to Buy earlier this week.
Elsewhere, two academics from the University of Huddersfield and the University of Sheffield have written a piece for The Conversation, in which they argue that high-rise living is damaging.
Meanwhile The Times runs an investigation into the practice of forcing rough sleepers off the streets, with a separate story on the ‘working homeless’.
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On social media
Inside Housing’s Right to Buy research is generating a buzz on Twitter, with more than 5,600 tweets on the topic this morning.
Another symptom of broken housing market: 40% of homes sold under Right to Buy now owned by private landlords. Tax payer forking out more in housing benefits as private landlords charge rents more than twice equivalent social rent. Madness! t.co/90ZafdoYss
— Paul Hackett (@PaulHackett10)Another symptom of broken housing market: 40% of homes sold under Right to Buy now owned by private landlords. Tax payer forking out more in housing benefits as private landlords charge rents more than twice equivalent social rent. Madness! https://t.co/90ZafdoYss
— Paul Hackett (@PaulHackett10) December 8, 2017
£10bn in housing benefit lining the pockets of private landlords and then the government sells off social homes (at a discount) which end up being rented out at vastly higher rates. An absolute shambles but not a surprise. Btw 10,000 families on housing waiting list in Haringey pic.twitter.com/68s65Ub7De
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy)£10bn in housing benefit lining the pockets of private landlords and then the government sells off social homes (at a discount) which end up being rented out at vastly higher rates. An absolute shambles but not a surprise. Btw 10,000 families on housing waiting list in Haringey pic.twitter.com/68s65Ub7De
— David Lammy (@DavidLammy) December 7, 2017
More than 40 per cent of homes sold under Right to Buy are now in the hands of private landlords, highlighting how billions of pounds of taxpayers money is being used to make tens of thousands of homes much more expensive. Tomorrow’s front: pic.twitter.com/xiF1Z5jnRK
— Ben Kentish (@BenKentish)More than 40 per cent of homes sold under Right to Buy are now in the hands of private landlords, highlighting how billions of pounds of taxpayers money is being used to make tens of thousands of homes much more expensive. Tomorrow’s front: pic.twitter.com/xiF1Z5jnRK
— Ben Kentish (@BenKentish) December 7, 2017
