buying a property from housing association

Norman_Castle

besimali said:

preserved right to buy is only for council Tenant, wheres I am on assured tenancy. As far as I knew all housing association properties are up for sale.

Preserved rtb is for properties previously owned by a council which have been transferred to a HA.
https://www.ownyourhome.gov.uk/scheme/right-to-buy/housing-association-tenants/

HampshireH

besimali said:

yea that's what I was told today, but didn't know that HA can refuse to sell the property even without discount due to above reasons, I'm not after any discount, basically I just spend loads on repairs thinking I will be eligible to buy it and only to find out that's not for sale.

Of course they can. Nobody can make them sell stock if not eligible. There is a housing need in the country. It wouldn't be viable for them to sell to anybody who wished to buy but doesnt fit the criteria.

Your HA are liable for repairs so there was no need for you to spend a fortune unless you chose to personally upgrade items. If this is the case then you have a right to stay there indefinitely anyway So you are no worse off unless you choose to leave (or get evicted of course)

thesouthernnortherner

 Your property must either have been: built or bought by a housing association after 31 March 1997 (and funded through a social housing grant provided by the Housing Corporation or local council)

I suspect that they have looked into it properly (the previous time they might not have looked correctly unfortunately) and either the property was built/bought by the HA before 31 March 1997, or it is a more recent property, that was built without Social Housing Grant (i.e. the construction was entirely funded by something else)

However, you would still have a Right to Acquire an eligible property, if you were willing to move to one. It's worth noting that there are other exclusions on RTA property eligibility - such as properties in Designated Rural Areas (not always as rural as you might think, as the maps were created in 1995 and have not been updated), and properties suitable for the over 60s (generally, bungalows and supported living schemes).