Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 47473

Right to Buy Scheme

Tabled: 23 April 2025
Answered: 1 May 2025

Question

Victoria Collins

Liberal DemocratHarpenden and Berkhamsted

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that homes sold under Right to Buy are not used as private rental properties.

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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