Reposted by Katharine Swindells
What is actually stopping social housing tenants from downsizing? @kathyswinds.bsky.social has done a deep dive into data from councils showing the huge gap between the numbers who say they want to move, compared to actual downsizers: www.insidehousing.co.uk/insight/thou...
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Thousands of social tenants want to downsize, but can’t. What’s going wrong?
An investigation by Inside Housing reveals that 10,000 households are registered to downsize their council homes, but are stuck in a convoluted system.