Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
They either stay in the house or move , via the council house exchange system , to a smaller property

Or they enter the property owning market , if they have the wish and means to do so

At present uk housing policy since the early eighties has created a nightmare
you misunderstand what I am asking.

You have stated that if the housing wasn't sold off it would be available for a new tenant. I am asking where you would house the current (private sector) occupier if the house was never sold off. It seems to me you replace one homeless family unit with another. RTB doesn't affect the requirement for new housing or the demand for housing overall.