The state of Cardiff's housing market as prices grow twice as fast as wages

[splott parker]

Could have been good if the rules were stuck to

Ie build new for every sold

Nah, was a shit concept, circulation of mass affordable rented properties was working well. All it’s done is create ghettoes of the parts that no bugger wanted to buy and a lot of the other parts of estates under private landlords. So the big plan for folk to own their own house has resulted in a lot of those houses now being rented with nowt going to the local authority in the way of rent.
The selling off of council stock was Thatcher’s way of capturing the working class, kidnap them with a mortgage around their necks, terrified to strike or complain about working conditions, that monthly bill had to be met. There was a safety net as a tenant, I’ll never be convinced about the right to buy.