Buying Housing Association property

besimali

Hi, I am on assured tenancy and have been renting out at a Housing Association property for last 22 years, I am in a position to buy the property but the Housing Association said I don't quality for Right to Acquire because the property was build before 1997. I have asked if they can sell it without any scheme and they said No. I'm not really bothered if I get the property with or without discount.

My question is, is there anyway to make the Housing Association to consider selling the property?

many thanks

elsien

No there isn’t. No right to acquire and no benefit to them in selling when all it does is removes a property from their housing stock. 

besimali

elsien said:

No there isn’t. No right to acquire and no benefit to them in selling when all it does is removes a property from their housing stock. 

thanks, are we saying unless there's a scheme then the property cannot be purchased even at asking price?

elsien

Generally speaking, no property can be purchased if the person/group owning it doesn’t want to sell it. This is no different. 

sheramber

https://www.gov.uk/right-to-acquire-buying-housing-association-home

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)
• transferred from a local council to a housing association after 31 March 1997

freesha

No, and good. It ought to be criminalised.

user1977

elsien said:

Generally speaking, no property can be purchased if the person/group owning it doesn’t want to sell it. This is no different. 

In fact it's even more restrictive than that, as housing associations need permission from [whatever the government department is called this week] in order to sell any properties.

Alderbank

besimali said:

elsien said:

No there isn’t. No right to acquire and no benefit to them in selling when all it does is removes a property from their housing stock. 

thanks, are we saying unless there's a scheme then the property cannot be purchased even at asking price?

There isn't even an asking price.

(Asking price is the price at which a property is being offered for sale)