Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 47471
Social Rented Housing: Construction
Tabled: 23 April 2025
Answered: 1 May 2025
Question
Victoria Collins
Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Right to Buy scheme on local councils’ ability to invest in new social housing.
Answer
Matthew PennycookFormer 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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