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Government £200m plan to buy unsold homes for council housing

Ministers plan to create a massive quango to buy unsold new homes in Scotland and help families and housebuilders through the recession.

 

The proposed National Housing Trust would rent out the properties to middle or low income families who don’t qualify for help from a conventional housing association and can’t afford to rent in the private sector.