Lisa Nandy recently said that “telling working class people they can't own their own home is just unacceptable”. If she means their council home that rather contradicts what she said at last September's Labour conference; that “the idea of a home for life handed on in common ownership to future generations is an idea worth … Continue reading Right to Buy: privatising collectively owned housing
Category: Privatisation
Northern Ireland’s housing authority will be reclassified as a mutual – but will it also be privatised?
The Minister for Communities at Stormont recently delivered a major statement on housing policy which was then lauded from almost all sides. Stewart Smyth takes a deeper look at what the Minister said and argues that there is an intention to privatise the Northern Ireland Housing Executive. The Northern Ireland Minister for Communities, Carál Ní Chuilín (Sinn Fein), … Continue reading Northern Ireland’s housing authority will be reclassified as a mutual – but will it also be privatised?
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