article_snippet.sent: The Chartered Institute of Housing, meanwhile, said the move would do nothing to tackle the housing crisis - and could even make the move worse by cutting the number of low-cost social homes available for poor families.
article_snippet.sent: National Housing Federation director Ruth Davison said the extension of Right to Buy to housing association properties was 'the wrong solution to our housing crisis'.
article_snippet.sent: Gavin Smart, deputy chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing, said the move would do nothing to tackle the housing crisis.
article_snippet.sent: Gavin Smart, deputy chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Housing said: 'In fact it could make things worse for people on lower incomes who are already struggling to access a decent home at a price they can afford. '
article_snippet.sent: Individual tenants might benefit from the opportunity to own a home, but we would be very concerned that it would result in a dramatic loss of vital social and affordable housing. '
article_snippet.sent: Enabling the main providers of social housing – to buy the main providers of social housing – homes is expected to require major changes to the 1996 Housing Act, and is likely to be fiercely opposed by housing associations themselves.