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Right to Buy loss

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  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
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    Why didn't you buy 20yrs ago ?
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  • kinger101
    kinger101 Posts: 6,629 Forumite
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    lighting_up_the_chalice wrote: »
    Perhaps they do. But the OP was seeking advice and information, not opinion.

    They opened the door to comment when they described it as "massively unfair".
    "Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance" - Confucius
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    lighting_up_the_chalice wrote: »
    Perhaps they do. But the OP was seeking advice and information, not opinion.
    No. As well as asking for information, OP ended:
    Seems massively unfair if I have given that I had no option but to move from council to housing association because of the council's plans.

    That is opinion, and as such, invites others' opinions.
  • lighting_up_the_chalice
    lighting_up_the_chalice Posts: 9,615 Forumite
    kinger101 wrote: »
    They opened the door to comment when they described it as "massively unfair".
    G_M wrote: »
    No. As well as asking for information, OP ended:

    That is opinion, and as such, invites others' opinions.

    Fair comment.
  • seven-day-weekend
    seven-day-weekend Posts: 36,755 Forumite
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    ILikeToBuyShinyThings wrote: »
    Hi everyone,

    Up until March I was living in a council property and had been for 28 years which would have given me maximum discount under the right to buy scheme. However, the house was marked for demolition a few years ago with the council awarding the rebuilding of new homes for our rehousing to a housing association, I moved in March into one of the new build properties and so am now a housing association tenant as opposed to a council tenant. Seeing as the right to buy scheme does not cover housing association properties (unless they were previously owned by the council) have I lost all my years tenancy and my ability to use the right to buy scheme? Seems massively unfair if I have given that I had no option but to move from council to housing association because of the council's plans.

    thanks

    Many of us would be glad to be 'forced' to move to a brand new house.

    There are, afaik, no RTB on HA properties, you may have a 'Right to Acquire' and would need to ask your housing provider about this.
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  • lighting_up_the_chalice
    lighting_up_the_chalice Posts: 9,615 Forumite
    seven-day-weekend wrote: »
    Many of us would be glad to be 'forced' to move to a brand new house.

    Even if you didn't want to?
    seven-day-weekend wrote: »
    There are, afaik, no RTB on HA properties, you may have a 'Right to Acquire' and would need to ask your housing provider about this.

    Depending on the conditions under which the property was built, the OP may well have preserved their right to buy even with a HA property. As an example, it may have been a condition of the land sale or the granting of planning permission.
  • dodger1
    dodger1 Posts: 4,579 Forumite
    McKneff wrote: »
    The old one was owned by the council.


    The new one that the OP moved into was HA and had never been owned by the council.

    Ah, thanks, that makes sense now.
    It's someone else's fault.
  • Johnnytwostep
    Johnnytwostep Posts: 854 Forumite
    Oh my heart bleeds that you have lost out on some more of the hard working tax payers handouts.
  • lighting_up_the_chalice
    lighting_up_the_chalice Posts: 9,615 Forumite
    Johnnytwostep wrote: »
    Oh my heart bleeds that you have lost out on some more of the hard working tax payers handouts.

    What "hand-outs" are they? He's yet to become a member of the most taxpayer subsidised of the housing sectors, owner/occs.
  • Running_Horse
    Running_Horse Posts: 11,809 Forumite
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    lighting_up_the_chalice wrote: »
    Even if you didn't want to?
    How do we know they didn't want to? Maybe the last house was unfit by modern standards which is why they didn't cash in. Maybe life sometimes just isn't "fair".

    Being given a brand new house at a low rent seems like something to be grateful for. Ultimately the answer does not lie on this forum, but with their landlord. I hope they get over the feeling of unfairness and enjoy their incredible good fortune.
    Been away for a while.
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