Written Question·Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities·UIN 182645

Right to Buy Scheme

Tabled: 25 April 2023
Answered: 2 May 2023

Question

Tulip Siddiq

LabourHampstead and Highgate

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Right to Buy Scheme on the availability of council homes.

Answer

The Government remains committed to the Right to Buy, which since 1980 has enabled over two million social housing tenants to become homeowners.