"During Maggie's tenure the economy gradually improved"

Tell that to the factory workers on the council estate I grew up on..
One year they were seduced into buying their council homes,
the next the factory suddenly closed down,
and they were made redundant - unable to pay their mortgages..

When many of these homes went to auction,
guess who the likely buyers snapping them up were...???

My dad would not buy his home on principle,
which at least kept a roof over our heads when he lost his job.
My mum still rents that house, her stable home for over 50 years...

Soon enough the house will go back to the local authority.
I hope it remains social housing for a new young family.
But what's the chances the council instead sells it off to asset strippers...???