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I am writing to you on behalf of the residents of Clarion shared ownership, The Courtyard, Circus Street, Brighton in response to your article [on bigissue. com]. We live in a newly built apartment block in Brighton. The block consists of a mixture of flats that are privately owned, privately rented and shared ownership. Many of us who live here bought property through ‘affordable housing’ schemes that should

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