The Sale of Council Houses Some Empirical Evidence

J. Sewel, F. Twine and N. Williams
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J. Sewel: Institute for the Study of Sparsley Populated Areas
F. Twine: Department of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen
N. Williams: Department of Geography, at the University of Aberdeen

Urban Studies, 1984, vol. 21, issue 4, 439-450

Abstract: The pattern of council house sales in one housing authority, the City of Aberdeen, was monitored over a two year period since the 'Right to Buy' legislation came into force. The pattern of sales was variable, both spatially and between house types. Semi-detached and terraced properties sold at a greater rate than flatted properties, and estates with higher socio-economic status and a higher popularity rating experienced a greater level of sales. This suggests that over the medium to long term, a continued policy of unrestricted sales will have a deleterious effect on the desirability of the remaining public sector stock and will increase the pressures towards a residualisation of public sector housing.

Date: 1984
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