The really ideal home show

There was some really good news at Earl’s Court this week. But it had nothing to do with the opening of the Ideal Home Show or the fact that Prince Charles was there and everything to do with the future of the exhibition hall and the surrounding area.

The good news came from an unlikely source too: housing minister Grant Shapps and a DCLG consultation on ‘helping tenants take control’. The plans include a ‘right to transfer’ that will allow tenants to ask that that the ownership of their homes be transferred from the council to a housing association. At the moment they can ask for a transfer but the council has no obligation to consider the idea. Under the consultation, the council would be obliged to work with them.

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