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Calls to scrap council home sell off

Local authorities could be forced to sell off 113,000 council homes under planned Right to Buy extensions, with some losing almost all their current stock.

By Thomas Bridge | 17 September 2015

Local authorities could be forced to sell off 113,000 council homes under planned Right to Buy extensions, with some losing almost all their current stock.

Analysis by Shelter suggested Kensington and Chelsea LBC could be forced to sell 97% of council homes and Westminster more than three-quarters as they dispose of properties that reach a set worth.

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