SubtleBlade ⚔️<p>Of all the policies imposed on <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> governments, few have reshaped the country’s fortunes as enduringly as <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RightToBuy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RightToBuy</span></a>. For a lucky few, the policy has meant colossal windfalls and the chance to snap up some of the best properties in the country on the cheap. For the rest, right to buy has meant rising <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/homelessness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homelessness</span></a>, spiralling rents and <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/LocalAuthorities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LocalAuthorities</span></a> facing <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> as the <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SocialHousing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHousing</span></a> stock dwindles, year by year <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/26/councils-sell-off-more-houses-right-to-buy-failure" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2024/mar/26/councils-sell-off-more-houses-right-to-buy-failure</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ToryPoliciesInAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ToryPoliciesInAction</span></a></p>