Welsh Labour announce they’ll scrap right-to-buy

Welsh Labour have announced they will get right of the right-to-buy scheme, if they continue to hold the balance of power in Wales after May.

The scheme, originally introduced under Margaret Thatcher’s government, meant that people living in council housing could buy the property.

In September last year right-to-buy was been suspended in Carmarthenshire where there’s a serious shortage of housing. However, today, Welsh Labour have announced they would like to make it a policy across the rest of Wales.

The plans were made clear in a white paper, which outlined that between 1981 and 2014, 138,423 council homes were sold.

Lesley Griffiths, the communities and tackling poverty minister explained Welsh Labour’s decision:

“Our supply of homes is under considerable pressure and we are still seeing social rented properties being taken out of our social housing stock because of the right to buy, which is forcing many vulnerable people to wait longer for a home. This is why decisive action is needed to protect our social housing to make sure it is available for those who need it most.”