Government’s extension of Right to Buy will cost West Midlands councils an average £28 million each, warns Shelter
The average council in the West Midlands will need to pay a staggering £28 million a year to the government to fund their flagship Right to Buy extension, new research by Shelter has revealed. The policy, now being put through parliament as part of the government’s Housing and Planning Bill, would force local authorities to sell off a proportion of their council houses on the open market once they become vacant.