Introducing the new ‘Right to Regenerate’: local people to be given a new right to take over unused council-owned buildings.

Meaning more new homes, businesses and community assets — whatever a community wants to see in their area. (1/4)
Fill in a simple form, give the council an opportunity to make an argument against sale, and if there isn’t one, you get first refusal to buy it at market price. My piece in today’s @TheSun👇
(2/4) https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13758757/brits-council-buildings-new-home-business/
Brits can soon buy council buildings & turn them into new homes or businesses under new plans

THE PUBLIC will soon get the right to buy up crumbling old council buildings and turn them into new homes or booming businesses under fresh plans. In the spirit of Margaret Thatcher’s ‘…

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13758757/brits-council-buildings-new-home-business/
Millions of people will now be able to buy that empty property, unused garage or parcel of land and turn it into something good for them and their community. (3/4)
The new right will also apply to unused publicly owned social housing and garages - meaning new opportunities to transform local housing.

More info: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/right-to-regenerate-to-turn-derelict-buildings-into-homes-and-community-assets (4/4)
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