"We are essentially rapidly buying properties from private landlords, he says, walking through the plot in the Sussex village of Rottingdean, where Rudyard Kipling once lived. In a plan agreed this month, the council is spending 50m to acquire 200 homes over the next two years, with the aim of replenishing its heavily depleted stock of social homes and temporary accommodation."
"The housing crisis is so bad in Brighton we have near-London house prices but don't have London wages, he says. It's actually been getting worse in the last year, not better. You can't underestimate the impact it's having on people. As yet, I haven't got enough homes versus the demand. But I am not going to put up with this disaster. I am determined to dramatically reduce the problem."
Jacob Taylor, deputy leader of Brighton and Hove council, is leading a programme to acquire private rental properties for public use. The council has agreed to spend 50m to buy 200 homes over two years to replenish heavily depleted social housing and temporary accommodation. The approach is a reversal of right-to-buy, bringing private homes into public ownership to tackle rising homelessness. Brighton faces near-London house prices with lower wages, growing rough sleeping, and intense local demand. More than 1.3 million families in England remain on social housing waiting lists, underscoring national shortages.
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