Angela Rayner affirmed her support for the Right to Buy scheme, stating, "I don't want Right to Buy scrapped. We're doing a consultation on it and I’m very clear people should have the right to buy." She emphasizes that while reform is needed to protect social housing stock, the right for individuals to purchase homes remains important.
Ms. Rayner acknowledged the need for reform, saying, "We can't have a situation where the taxpayer has invested in social housing, and we want to build a generation of social housing but I can't have them going out the backdoor at a very high discount where we can't replace them." This highlights the tension between property rights and social housing availability.
Commenting on the scope of the Right to Buy scheme's impact, she noted, "Last year, 10,896 homes were sold through Right to Buy while only 3,447 were replaced, resulting in a net loss of 7,449." This statistic underscores the significant depletion of social housing arising from the policy.
Reflecting on her personal experience, Rayner reminisced, "I always felt insecure as a child, and when I was a single mum, buying my council house was one of the biggest moments of my life." This personal narrative illustrates the emotional significance of homeownership.
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