It seems that Sian Berry has been looking at ideas that make me think that she should consider joining the Co-operative Party. I am not sure that this particular proposal will fly. Two major problems would be forcing private owners to sell at a loss, which is bound to be unattractive to them, and the obvious danger that as they approach the "cliff edge" where such a right came into force they would be incentivised to throw their tenant out.
The positions of housing associations and Councils is not really comparable as they have no choice but to implement a scheme as imposed by Parliament. In the case of Councils "Right to Buy" has simply led Councils to no longer build housing which is of course part of the failure of the current housing market.
Sian Berry, and anyone else, can learn more about Co-operative policies to help with the housing crisis and private renters by consulting Standing Up for Private Renters.
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