John Healey MP, Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning, responding to comments by Government Minister Greg Clark, regarding changes to the extension of right to buy to housing associations, said:

“Labour has said from the start this political pledge was unworkable and wrong. It is now looking increasingly chaotic.

“This is a clear sign of a government running into trouble with their flagship election policy. It looks like Ministers are trying to strike a backroom deal with housing association landlords to deliver a policy which they fear they can’t deliver themselves.

“It is being rushed to fit their political timetable ahead of Conservative Party conference, when it should have been announced in Parliament.

“After five years of failure on housing, the millions of people struggling to cope with their housing costs deserve a real plan for more affordable homes to rent and buy. And we need a new wide debate about how the country’s deepening housing crisis can be tackled.”

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