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Millions syphoned from Right to Buy
Ucatt and Inside Housing reveal government cash-grab
Construction union Ucatt accused the government yesterday of siphoning off millions of pounds from its Right to Buy scheme to line its own coffers at the expense of the desperate.
A freedom of information (FoI) request by Inside Housing magazine had found that nearly a quarter — £358 million — of the cash raised from Right to Buy sales of council housing since 2012 had gone directly into government coffers.
The union described the findings as a vindication of its criticism of Con-Dem housing policy.
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