Quote Originally Posted by TISS View Post
Non sequitur.
If you sell off 1000 homes you reduce demand by 1000 also, as those former tenants no longer require social housing (as they own their home).

The total housing stock doesn't change, the total number of occupiers doesn't change. What does change is the legal owner.
You still haven't addressed the issue of new people wanting social housing. Youngsters moving out of family homes, couples splitting and one needing accomodation, etc etc.

By your logic we never need more housing as demand always stays the same. Bollocks.