article_snippet: The Right to Buy would be extended to up to 2.5million housing-association tenants, transforming the lives of many.
article_snippet: Party is also considering plans to force councils to sell large, expensive council homes in order to fund higher numbers of cheaper properties.
article_snippet: ’ Enabling housing-association tenants to buy
article_snippet: The Coalition has increased Right to Buy discounts, meaning more council homes are already moving to the private sector.
article_snippet: But housing associations have gradually replaced councils as the main providers of social housing.
article_snippet: Right to Buy, introduced in 1980, led to more than 1.5million council homes being sold at discounted rates.
article_snippet: Current Right to Buy rules let most council tenants buy most council tenants homes at a discount.
highlights_snippet: Party is also considering plans to force councils to sell large, expensive council homes in order to fund higher numbers of cheaper properties .
  
highlights_snippet: Introduced in 1980, Right to Buy led to more than 1.5million council homes being sold at discounted rates .