Karl McCartney JP, the Conservatives’ Parliamentary Candidate for the City of Lincoln Constituency, has today lent his support to the Conservatives’ proposed extension of Right to Buy to housing association tenants which will allow up to 1.3 million families to realise the dream of owning their own home.
The Right to Buy has already helped around two million families to realise their dream of owning a home. By now extending the Right to Buy to housing association tenants, The Conservative Party will help more people who want to move on, and up, the housing ladder.
The Conservatives will also create a £1 billion Brownfield Regeneration Fund worth a billion pounds over four years. The fund will be available for local authorities in England to bid for on a competitive basis in order to bring forward additional brownfield land for housing. It will enable them to clean up derelict or contaminated land, and provide infrastructure to open up inaccessible brownfield sites. The fund will unlock the construction of 400,000 additional homes over four years.
Karl McCartney JP, said: “These proposals will increase house building, increase home ownership and reduce waiting lists. Additionally it is important to see brownfield sites, some which blight communities and areas, being brought back into use.
“The Right to Buy gives something back to families who have worked hard, paid their rent and played by the rules. It allows them to do up their home, change their front door, improve their garden – without needing permission from officialdom. It gives people a greater sense of pride and ownership not just in their home, but in their street and neighbourhood.”