Labour accuses government of stopping housing scheme
The Housing Authority has halted a scheme enabling tenants living on social assistance in state property to buy their own home, the Labour Party said yesterday.
PL housing spokesman Roderick Galdes accused the government of stopping the scheme underhandedly without explaining its decision. "This situation created uncertainty among families that were planning to apply under the scheme since its removal has effectively denied them the right to buy the home they are living in," Mr Galdes said.
The Right to Buy scheme was intended to take people off social assistance and help them to eventually become home-owners.
"This is a right that is granted in the field of social housing and has been upheld for decades. It is a right that is granted in other European countries as well," he said.
Mr Galdes called on the government to publicly declare its position on the matter and whether it had the intention of revising the property prices it was asking families for.
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Nigel Lawrence
Jan 18th 2009, 16:03
Am I missing something? Mr. PL, please explain (in SIMPLE English) how one on social assistance is supposed to AFFORD to purchase their own home.
David Pisani
Jan 18th 2009, 14:05
In Cuba Government gives you a home, but you cannot sell that home, only change place with another family. But all people are catered for a home by the State
In Malta we have a problem. On one side we have the free market which as we can see is not more sustainable. Both in price and environmentally. First time buyers are finding it hard to afford paying for a home. People applying for social housing is on the increase.
The big question here is.. Is good if that people buy the property gave it to them socially by the State?
I don't agree. I am in favour of more Government intervention in this sector but people can't speculate with that property.
We have to do something now on this or else we will face more social problems in the future which we are already facing them now.
Please note the Free for all Market in this sector will collapse one day as happened with in the financial globalised markets. People will hurt finally.