Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 45280

Right to Buy Scheme

Tabled: 8 April 2025
Answered: 22 April 2025

Question

Mark Sewards

LabourLeeds South West and Morley

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing Council Housing tenants to sell their property to buyers other than their Local Authority if the

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Former council tenants who have purchased their home under the Right to Buy scheme but wish to resell or dispose of it within a 10 year period, must first offer the property for sale at the full market value to either the former landlord or to another soc...

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