Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 33265
Right to Acquire Scheme: Rural Areas
Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025
Question
Brian Mathew
Liberal Democrat — Melksham and Devizes
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to extend the right to acquire to tenants living in rural areas.
Answer
Matthew PennycookIn "designated rural areas" properties cannot be sold under the Right to Acquire so as to preserve social housing in perpetuity for local people. The government has no plans to change this.