I AM angered yet again by another adverse front page heading: Town's Council house Crisis.
Of course, Margaret Thatcher was to blame by giving the tenants the right to buy.
Naturally, the idea is a good one at face value, due to the discount and the comparison between mortgage and rent - which is 'dead money', after all.
I can't blame anyone buying a council house. Many friends of mine have - who could refuse such an offer?
The downside is that 'Right to Buy' has caused a housing shortage, and to get a council house today has become a dream.
When I was a child in the 1950s, it was common to see even married people still living with their parents. My parents took my grandma in, which saved the council finding her a house.
Unfortunately everyone wants their own place in an overcrowded Britain.
Mr B Howarth
Alexandria Drive
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