Several days have gone by since Corbyn's ridiculous suggestion to requisition property (Note requisition-a device normally used in wartime emergencies. Not compulsory purchase or temporarily commandeer)
Had his cheap soundbite had any merit I am sure we would have heard a deafening roar of support. Instead we have a solitary tweet from the harridan Hardman. In the intervening period, since the release of his divisive, politics of envy statement, we have had no flesh put on the bones of his solution. Had it been a serious attempt to alleviate the appalling circumstances the survivors find themselves in I would have expected far more from him outlining how he would implement such a outlandish proposal. At the very least he would need to recall Parliament to discuss and vote on his proposals.Between the Election and state opening of Parliament, the house is in recess. Hark! you may hear the herald angels sing but not a further peep out of comrade corbyn on the subject. He may make a budding class warrior but he is a waste of a skin for anything else
And incidentally more council homes were built in the last year of Thatcher's government than were built in the 13 years of Labour government, and that's something I think the Labour Party needs to apologise for. Official figures show only 6,330 council houses were completed from 1998 to 2010, compared with 17,710 in 1990 alone, which was Baroness Thatcher's final year as prime minister. In one Labour year, 2004, the number fell to just 130 council homes completed. Had Labour behaved as the caring party they would like to portray themselves as perhaps they would care to explain this set of statistics.Perhaps comrade corbyn feels it is easier to just simply requisition property rather than build it. But even that has severe problems attached. The link below is immediately post war. Society today is far more litigious and the government legal costs would be astronomical because I believe there is no precedent for peacetime requisitioning other than under the terms of the Civil Protection in Peacetime Act 1986

http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1946/may/14/compensation-rents-for-requisitioned