article_snippet.sent: The original right-to-buy saw more than 1.5million council homes being sold off at discounted rates.
article_snippet.sent: Leading to a surge in home ownership, The original right-to-buy saw more than 1.5million council homes being sold off at discounted rates became
article_snippet.sent: The Coalition government has already increased right-to-buy discounts for council homes, meaning more are moving into the private sector.
article_snippet.sent: As well as promoting home ownership, the scheme could also dramatically reduce the vast housing benefit bill.
article_snippet.sent: The 1.3million housing association homes are occupied by 2.75million people.
article_snippet.sent: While extending right-to-buy will see some people being able to buy some people own home with help from the taxpayer, these are people already living in good secure homes on some of the country’s cheapest rents.
article_snippet.sent: The new properties would be more affordable, probably in less expensive locations, and could be built either by a council or housing association.
article_snippet.sent: Another slice of the proceeds would be used to fund the new right-to-buy discounts for housing association tenants.
article_snippet.sent: The rest would enable them to clean up derelict or contaminated land, and could lead to 400,000 new homes in five years, The Tories say.