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Right to buy extension

mwwwm
mwwwm Posts: 3 Newbie
in House buying, renting & selling
Does anyone have any idea when right to buy for social housing tenants will actually come into being?

I see the Housing Bill has received royal assent but i cant find any practical details anywhere.

Comments

  • Norman_Castle
    Norman_Castle Posts: 11,871 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 19 June 2016 at 6:54PM
    This looks like a copy and paste of a post from another newbie from a few months ago.
    The answer is later this year. No exact date has been set.

    I don't believe you can't find this information on google. A newbie who's only post is about a provocative subject and who vanishes 2 minutes after posting?
  • DoctorDooLittle
    DoctorDooLittle Posts: 26 Forumite
    Have you asked you HA?
  • Freecall
    Freecall Posts: 1,337 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    No longer the Housing Bill, now the Housing and Planning Act 2016 which you can find here.

    The bit you are interested in is Part 4, Social Housing.

    This gives power to the Secretary of State to pay for the cost of Right to Buy discounts for housing association tenants and to set criteria for home ownership.

    Not sure how strong the political will on this one is although the government has stated that it will make an anouncement before the end of 2016.

    How much funding there will be is another matter.

    Also, don't forget that Housing Associations are not obliged to participate.
  • mwwwm
    mwwwm Posts: 3 Newbie
    Thanks for the (less paranoid) replies folks.
    I wasn't aware that housing associations are under no obligation to even take part in the scheme.
    It's all starting to sound a bit 'watered down' which is annoying as I've kind of been pinning a few hopes on this.
  • marksoton
    marksoton Posts: 17,516 Forumite
    mwwwm wrote: »
    I've kind of been pinning a few hopes on this.

    I bet you have.
  • mwwwm
    mwwwm Posts: 3 Newbie
    this forum is far too cryptic for me.

    i think i'll leave all you weirdo's to each other.

    freaks.
  • leveller2911
    leveller2911 Posts: 8,061 Forumite
    Freecall wrote: »

    How much funding there will be is another matter.

    Also, don't forget that Housing Associations are not obliged to participate.


    That's true and if they aren't participating then their tenants can use the discount to buy a house on the open market so its a win win for the tenants.
  • marksoton
    marksoton Posts: 17,516 Forumite
    mwwwm wrote: »
    this forum is far too cryptic for me.

    I thought we'd been fairly clear in fairness.
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