Laila Cunningham was up in arms on GB News after Andy Burnham announced he wants to force homeowners to sell their propertiesto force homeowners to sell their properties in a “radical” attempt to improve living conditions for private tenants.
The Mayor of Greater Manchester – and Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership rival – suggested rental properties which fail to meet basic housing standards should be purchased by local authorities using compulsory purchase orders (CPOs).
But the cross-party Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG) Committee recently discovered social housing residents “suffer from appalling housing conditions and do not have their complaints treated seriously”.
Speaking at an event hosted by the Resolution Foundation, Mr Burnham said: “Homes that were taken out of public ownership have been left in disrepair and exist to make money for absent landlords, while everyone else pays the consequences.”
“That’s far, far, far left – that’s like Cuba!” Martin Daubney exclaimed, discussing the Mayor’s comments.
In agreement, Mrs Cunningham said: “Fundamentally in Britain, we believe in property rights. You buy your property. It is yours. You put all your money into that.
“It is not up to the state in any way and in any situation to threaten repossession. It’s never happened in our country.
“The thing is, who do Labour think they are? You know, they want to take our property, cancelling jury trials, digital ID… Sanction what we say. It’s a massive Government overreach from this Government.
“It is communist. But they are communists, really.”
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