On 22/01/2021 13:40, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
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Fredxx wrote:
Exactly the same principle as you subsidise the poor through universal
credit, etc. Just shifted around.

So you accept selling off houses to those who could afford them removed
some of those subsidies and helped keep rates down.

And prevented them being used in the future by the very people they were
built for.

The houses were still there and available for all. There is housing
benefit for those that can't afford the rent.

Council and HA housing is still available for the most vulnerable.

For those that can rent themselves the market is more diversee, with
more properties being available for let than ever before.

Part buy schemes are also now more widely available.