Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
Because the right to buy depletes the stock of council housing as those sold are not replaced , like for like , the Tories under Cameron said they would replace every house sold with a new one but that hasn't happened

You do indeed miss the connection .......if a woman was living in private property and had to flee then the council has a legal duty to provide her with housing under the 1985 housing act

But they can't , because they have lost loads of council houses !

So she and her kids are placed in a hostel or bed and breakfast

It's real life and it's happening again under the Tories with their plans to sell off housing association properties .........they have told the people they will replace every one of those sold with a new one for the needy ........we have heard it all before
Sludge

In both cases the fleeing woman has a need for a new house as the husband is in situ. This need for a new house is unaffected by RTB