council turned down right to buy

mark_pollard4

i applied for the right to buy on my house and the council have refused. i am with west kent housing and they are saying that i am not a secure tenant because this house was part of sevenoaks council and then in 1989 they sold it to west kent housing and so that makes me not a secure tenant. i am really disappointed and was just wondering if anyone has had this problem and if they know what i should do now and if there anyway i could ever buy my house. thanks

borkid

00ec25 wrote: »

are you sure you have the terminology correct

housing association tenants do not have RTB , they have right to acquire

if you asked for RTB then of course they will turn you down
read this if you don't know the difference
https://www.gov.uk/right-to-acquire-buying-housing-association-home/overview

From this in your link I don't think he does:

Eligible properties

Your property must either have been:

• built or bought by a housing association after 1 April 1997
• transferred from a local council to a housing association after 1 April 1997