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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rachel Hall

England to sell eight times more council homes than it built last year, report finds

Trellick Tower, a brutalist block of flats in north London.
London’s Trellick Tower. The Common Wealth report urged the state to buy back and restore homes sold off under right to buy. Photograph: Chris Morphet/Getty

England will sell off more than eight times as many council homes in 2025-26 as were constructed the previous year, research has found.

Right to buy is depleting council housing stock more quickly than public housing can be replaced, forcing people to spend more money on private market rents and obtain less secure tenancies, a report from the thinktank Common Wealth finds.

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