article_snippet.sent: Housing chiefs have been were accused of hypocrisy for opposing plans to revive Margaret Thatcher’s flagship right-to-buy policy.
article_snippet.sent: But housing associations responded furiously – with one board member lambasting the proposal as the ‘right to steal’.
article_snippet.sent: The housing associations said it was wrong that The housing associations should be forced to sell The housing associations homes at a discount.
article_snippet.sent: The National Housing Federation, the trade body for the organisations, pledged to fight the proposals
article_snippet.sent: The policy director of the National Housing Federation, Ruth Davison, a Labour party member in Islington, said it was wrong to hand money to
article_snippet.sent: you can no more force a housing association to sell their assets at less than their’re worth than you can force Tesco, or even Cancer Research.
article_snippet.sent: Industry sources believe the plans could fall foul of charity law, because housing associations are generally prohibited from selling off housing associations assets at below market value.
highlights_snippet.sent: Housing associations respond furiously amid threat of a legal challenge .
  