one of the country’s biggest councils has said it would consider abandoning its plans for stock transfer if it were allowed to invest in its homes directly.
The statement adds fuel to the campaign for a fourth option for council housing beyond the government’s favoured three: transfer, arm’s-length management and the private finance initiative.

Councillor Flo Clucas, Liverpool’s executive member for housing with responsibility for the council’s 34,000 homes, has written to Austin Mitchell MP supporting his campaign for extra money for councils that do not opt for one of those routes to meet the decent homes standard. She said: “We’d welcome the opportunity to renovate our own stock.”

Austin Mitchell, who chairs the all-party council housing group of MPs, has organised a rally to be held in London on 12 May.

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