Margaret Thatcher was loved and hated - both for sound economic reasons

... and right to buy, the council housing sell-off. Both were popular in southern England because it meant an end to mortgage queues and the ability to buy cut-price property in a part of the country where prices were high relative to other regions. ...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/apr/14/margaret-thatcher-loved-hated-economic