In article , "Dave Plowman (News)"
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In article ,
Tim Lamb wrote:
I already had a house and didn't pay much attention at the time they
were sold off. Without knowing anything about the construction funding,
it seemed not unreasonable at the time.

Is something preventing any local authority building more?

Thatcher specifically forbad the use of money obtained from the sale of
council housing being used to build more. She didn't want any in
subsidised housing, as they would be more likely not to vote Tory.

And once you legislate how councils spend what money they have, it becomes
very difficult for them to go back to building housing.


But Labour could have changed the rules and let them keep the money, or
they could have scrapped sale altogether, but they didn't.
--
bert