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863 Right to Buy sell-offs replaced by just 2 homes
Shelter officer says scheme’s extension to 1.3m more people should ‘set off alarm’
by Lamiat Sabin
THE true failure of Right to Buy was laid bare yesterday as housing charity Shelter revealed that Greater Manchester had replaced only two of 863 homes sold since 2012.
Two neighbouring semi-detached houses in a Wigan suburb are the only legacy of the homes sold for a song to local council tenants.
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