Years ago, if you were a social housing tenant your rent covered the cost of any repairs that your property needed - from a leaking tap to a leaking roof, it didn't matter - your council did the repair. Nowadays things are different. Due to the government stripping away funding,...
Social Housing Rental or Buy a Home
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