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Barking & Dagenham LBC is offering tenants £40,000 in cash to turn down their Right to Buy discount. Cllr Saima Ashraf explains why the borough is taking this unprecedented approach

The housing crisis across the country and particularly in London has meant councils have had to consider a range of approaches to providing housing solutions.

In Barking & Dagenham LBC we have the added pressures of a growing population, and migration from other London boroughs.

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