Wealthy judge Sir Christopher Nugee paid £572,000 for the townhouse at auction in 2007.
It was on the market as part of an “excess” social housing sell-off, a practice which Labour opposes.
The property in Islington, North London — which Ms Thornberry’s brother Ben lives in — has since doubled in value to more than £1million.
The revelation, in a TV probe into fatcat bosses of “greedy” housing associations, led Tory chairman Brandon Lewis to accuse the Islington South and Finsbury MP of “pocketing the profits from a policy Labour want to scrap”.
Ms Thornberry’s spokesman said the housing association sold the properties as they were “no longer a cost-effective use of their limited budget”.
He added: “She has consistently argued for an increase in the provision of social housing.”
Channel 4’s Dispatches found housing associations have made over £400million from selling 1,600 properties, and at least 179 bosses earn more than the PM.
- Dispatches, Channel 4, Monday July 16, 8pm
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