The end of the Right to Buy and the future of social housing in Scotland
Abstract
Thirty-years after the introduction of the Right to Buy - the most successful example of housing privatisation policy in the UK - the current Housing (Scotland) Bill proposes to end the scheme for both new social housing tenants and new social housing. This paper considers the implications of these modernising reforms, in the context of housing policy divergence post-devolution. It concludes that these proposals are likely to have a significant, but mixed, impact on the future of the social rented sector in Scotland.
Citation
McKee , K 2010 , ' The end of the Right to Buy and the future of social housing in Scotland ' , Local Economy , vol. 25 , no. 4 , pp. 319-327 . https://doi.org/10.1080/02690942.2010.498956
Publication
Local Economy
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0269-0942Type
Journal article
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This is an electronic version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published in Local Economy 25(4) (c)2010 Taylor & Francis. Local Economy is available online at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0269-0942&volume=25&issue=4&spage=319
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This is the author version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published in Local Economy (c)2010 Taylor & Francis. Local Economy is available online at http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0269-0942&volume=25&issue=4&spage=319.Collections
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