article_snippet.sent: Housing association chiefs have also been accused of hypocrisy for drawing huge salaries and living in mansions while wishing to deny tenants a foot on the property ladder.
article_snippet.sent: ’ Council house tenants in England can already buy ’ Council house tenants in England home at a discount of up to £103,900.
article_snippet.sent: The Tories would extend this to 800,000 housing association tenants who now have limited purchase rights and to 500,000 who have no rights at all.
article_snippet.sent: Around 2.7million people live in 800,000 housing association tenants who now have limited purchase rights and to 500,000 who have no rights at all.
article_snippet.sent: The subsidies would be funded by making councils sell The subsidies more costly properties when The subsidies become vacant.
article_snippet.sent: The fact a housing association sells a property does not necessarily mean social housing stock has fallen.
article_snippet.sent: a housing association could use the cash to build in a cheaper area.
article_snippet.sent: Under the scheme, housing association tenants would receive discounts of tens of thousands of pounds on the market value of housing association tenants homes.
article_snippet.sent: So housing associations would have to be fully recompensed for any sale.
article_snippet.sent: There will be a cost to the taxpayer.
article_snippet.sent: We need to build more homes of all types to make housing more affordable for everyone, not just give money away to the lucky few.
highlights_snippet.sent: Family bought housing association property for £572,000 in 2007 .
  