THE scheme by councils to help first time buyers to get on to the housing ladder with affordable loans is a sensible one.
The councils may be exposing themselves to a small financial risk should there be a wholesale collapse of the housing market, but to be fair if that happens we will all have larger problems to worry about.
This scheme is about investing in building communities as much as investing in individuals and that is a legitimate policy to follow.
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