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Council bid to suspend Right to Buy

A Welsh council is looking to suspend its Right to Buy scheme for the next five years in order to protect its affordable housing stock.

By Laura Sharman | 15 March 2016

A Welsh council is looking to suspend its Right to Buy scheme for the next five years in order to protect its affordable housing stock.

Isle of Anglesey CC will apply to the Welsh Government to suspend the scheme, which offers social housing tenants a discount of £8,000 to buy their home.

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  1. Gove signs devolution deals for Norfolk and Suffolk
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  4. Directors warn needs of older and disabled people will not be met this winter
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