As English councils sell 8 times as many houses as they build, Scotland’s councils sell none for 9 years and build nearly 8 times as many homes, per head of population

Support Talking-up Scotland’s work to counter the lies and get you the facts, daily, at: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/checkout/help-talking-up-scotland-tell-truth-about-scotland/payment/nBQxjVzq/details Professor John Robertson OBA Thanks again to Dottie for alerting me to this: In the Guardian today: England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025-26 as were constructed the previous year, research has found. Right to buy is depleting council housing stock more quickly than public housing can be replaced, forcing people to spend more money on private market rents and obtain less secure tenancies, a report from the thinktank Common Wealth finds. Its analysis of government data in England … Continue reading As English councils sell 8 times as many houses as they build, Scotland’s councils sell none for 9 years and build nearly 8 times as many homes, per head of population