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'Right to buy' to be scrapped in Scotland | 'Right to buy' to be scrapped in Scotland |
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The right of council tenants to buy the homes they rent at discounted rates is to be abolished in Scotland. | The right of council tenants to buy the homes they rent at discounted rates is to be abolished in Scotland. |
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is expected to confirm the government's decision to end the scheme on a visit to a housing association in Glasgow. | Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is expected to confirm the government's decision to end the scheme on a visit to a housing association in Glasgow. |
Margaret Thatcher's government introduced the scheme in 1980. | Margaret Thatcher's government introduced the scheme in 1980. |
The Scottish government has already scrapped it for new tenants and is expected to announce that it will be abolished altogether in 2016. | The Scottish government has already scrapped it for new tenants and is expected to announce that it will be abolished altogether in 2016. |
Since "right to buy" was introduced, 455,000 Scottish properties have been sold under the scheme. | Since "right to buy" was introduced, 455,000 Scottish properties have been sold under the scheme. |
That has reduced the number of homes available for cheap rent and increased the waiting lists for properties of this type. | That has reduced the number of homes available for cheap rent and increased the waiting lists for properties of this type. |
In November last year, a Scottish government consultation revealed that a majority of Scottish councils wanted the right to buy policy scrapped. | In November last year, a Scottish government consultation revealed that a majority of Scottish councils wanted the right to buy policy scrapped. |
The report also showed that many tenants and social landlords wanted it to end. | The report also showed that many tenants and social landlords wanted it to end. |
An opponent of the move is former Scottish Conservative Party leader Annabel Goldie. | An opponent of the move is former Scottish Conservative Party leader Annabel Goldie. |
She told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme that the policy was "arguably" one of the most "socially liberating" policies to be introduced in Scotland and across the UK. | She told BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme that the policy was "arguably" one of the most "socially liberating" policies to be introduced in Scotland and across the UK. |
Miss Goldie added: "I can still remember the days when people lived in monolithic council house schemes - that is what they were called - and they were afflicted by a postcode prejudice. | |
"They were apprehensive about disclosing their address because they felt it would negate their chance of getting a job or even being accepted for an interview. | "They were apprehensive about disclosing their address because they felt it would negate their chance of getting a job or even being accepted for an interview. |
"By offering a tenant the right to buy, you did two things - you first of all introduced a freedom to the individual to make a choice about how they wanted to live, and secondly you stopped them being trapped in that environment - because that is exactly what they were." | "By offering a tenant the right to buy, you did two things - you first of all introduced a freedom to the individual to make a choice about how they wanted to live, and secondly you stopped them being trapped in that environment - because that is exactly what they were." |
She went on: "Right to buy freed people from the environmental prison they were in." |