Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 83604

Right to Buy Scheme: Foreign Nationals

Tabled: 20 October 2025
Answered: 28 October 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department records the (a) nationality and (b) immigration status of tenants who purchase their homes under the Right to Buy scheme; and how many Right to Buy sales h

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
My Department does not record the nationality or immigration status of tenants who have purchased their homes under the Right to Buy scheme, nor how many Right to Buy sales have been made to non-British nationals. Eligibility for social housing is already...
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