Despite the arrival of an Analysis Editor, numbers were missing from the BBC's previews of the Johnson housing announcement this morning.
He's restating a 2015 manifesto pledge to extend 'right to buy' to members of housing associations. In August 2018, the Voluntary Right to Buy (VRTB) Midlands pilot was launched across the East and West Midlands – giving housing association tenants the opportunity to apply to buy their home at a discount. There were 44 housing associations involved in the pilot, resulting in a total of 1,892 homes being sold or sales in the final stages of completion by 30 April 2020. The evaluation of the scheme, in the Commons library, identified the key barriers to replacing the homes sold as land availability and insufficient funding raised from sales. The full report said "An early indication is that replacement homes will on average be smaller than those they replace."
The other leg of the Johnson initiative: people on benefits might get support for a mortgage. Or not. Amol Rajan chose to pursue Michael Gove on treatment of cleaners at No 10; on TalkRadio/TV Julia Hartley-Brewer took a better line.
Gove Asked Seven Times How Many People Bonkers New “Buy a House on Benefits” Housing Policy will Help https://t.co/xlvEnSXJcS pic.twitter.com/bY36WZxPiD
— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) June 9, 2022
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