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Nothing she did was reasonable or honourable. People had homes for life, at a low rent. They were maintained and there was a large social housing stock. If the Tories had embarked upon an extensive programme of new social housing, then maybe there was some benefit to society. As it was, they just ensured a housing crisis for future generations.

Worth mentioning that the government didn't own council houses, the local authority did. Also worth keeping in mind that social housing wasn't just schemes, it was across all areas (Housing Associations, like the Port of Leith did a lot to improve living conditions for people).

Younger contributors should also keep in mind that the disparity between wages and house prices in Edinburgh didn't really start to get too acute until the ultra commoditisation of property from the aspirational 80's onwards. The sale of the social housing stock was part of the immoral social engineering that began then and has never stopped.
Let’s not kid ourselves about the council being good landlords. They tended to be terrible at it and repairs when they happened were usually late and shoddy.
That’s not me advocating for or against Thatchers policy, just that the public sector rarely make good landlords.


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