Buying housing association house built prior to 1st April 1997

Iwanttobefree

Chandler85 said:

She could offer to buy it off them at full market value (not that they necessarily want to or will sell it) or she could buy another house nearby to her father on the open market.  No one has stopped her buy a home if she wants to and can afford to.

No one has stopped her having the right to buy either, but if the house was paid for using a grant that then means it isn't possible to use right to buy then that's the case.  There was someone on her recently who lived in a house that was originally owned by the an education department at the council so they couldn't use right to buy on that.

She's essentially devastated that she can't get a discount on a house (like most of society can't), she still has a house with a secure tenancy that she can enjoy.  If the property cannot be sold through right to buy as it doesn't qualify then it doesn't qualify, that seems unlikely to change.

After I passed this threads info over to her, she's contacting them to see if they would be prepared to sell it to her at full market value, of course anyone would prefer a discount regardless whether the majority of the rest of the population gets one or not, but the fact she's offering full market value, to me shows that wasn't the reason she was so disappointed.

Thanks for your suggestion, I know the chances of them agreeing are slim, but at least it's another avenue for her to try.