"Council homes" refers to houses or apartments that are owned and managed by the local government and are often rented out to people who cannot afford to buy or rent a home on the private market. Full definition
They sold off many council homes in a right to buy scheme, giving poorer residents the chance at prosperity. (conservativehome.blogs.com)
A more effective way to build the new homes we know we need is to kickstart social housing by removing the Treasury straitjacket on councils borrowing — which more than anything else since Right to Buy has stopped the building of council homes. (socialliberal.net)
He blamed the SDP all the time, basically h reckoned if the SDP didn't exist, those who voted for a centre party that wanted democratization of unions, the right to buy council homes, Multilateralismand staying in the EU, would have not voted SDP, but voted for a party with completely different views (leftfutures.org)