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100 1 _aJones, Colin
245 0 4 _aThe right to buy
_b25 years on
260 _c2006
490 0 _aRoof
_v31(3) May/June 2006, 28-30(3)
520 _aAssesses the effectiveness over the past 25 years of the right to buy policy introduced in 1980. Over two million right to buy sales have taken place in this period and in London, northeast England and Scotland right to buy has been more important than new build in promoting home ownership. Examines right to buy's impact on social housing and the owner-occupied and private rented sectors. Concludes that the policy should not be curtailed but continued with a determined reinvestment of receipts into further housing.
590 _aIKA090506
690 _aPROPERTY-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY-OWNER-OCCUPIED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
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