Law to scrap right to buy to be proposed by Welsh Government
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Harry and Shirley Ford, of Llanishen, said it gave them a sense of pride to buy their council house
Tenants' rights to buy their own council homes would be scrapped under a proposed new law by the Welsh Government.
Cardiff council became the latest authority to suspend its right-to-buy for five years on Thursday, in a bid to tackle the city's housing need.
Government ministers will propose a new law amounting to a Wales-wide ban on the scheme in the assembly next month.
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Currently, most social housing tenants in Wales have the right-to-buy their home after five years and receive a discount of 拢8,000 on the value.
Last year, 359 properties in Wales were bought under the scheme out of a total of more than 200,000 properties in the social housing sector.
An aerial view of Cardiff
On Thursday, Cardiff council's cabinet approved plans to suspended the scheme, a flagship policy of Margaret Thatcher, for five years.
Cardiff's decision will need to be formally rubber-stamped by the Welsh Government before it can be implemented.
Anglesey, Carmarthenshire and Swansea have already stopped the policy, while Flintshire and Denbighshire have submitted their plans to ministers.
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