Right to Buy - buying your council house or housing association home
Government schemes to buy council and housing association homes, such as Right to Buy and Right to Acquire, are designed to help tenants improve their circumstances. Buying your own home is a fantastic long-term investment for the future.
Unfortunately, many tenants are experiencing confusion when it comes to purchasing their council or housing association home. Relevant legislation has changed considerably over the last decade and in some cases there are different rules depending on when you first moved into your home.
Some of the issues tenants struggle with:
- Whether they are entitled to a discount
- How to budget effectively for the purchase
- Which forms to fill in and who to send them to
- Concern over their suitability for the scheme
We feel that confusion is significantly preventing take-up of the Right to Buy, Right to Acquire and Social HomeBuy schemes. Many are so put off by the perceived complexity that they simply do not apply and fail to benefit.
reallymoving.com have produced an in-depth guide to buying your council house or housing association home to clear up this confusion. We hope this will help tenants move forward with their property purchase. Our completely FREE guide can be downloaded by clicking the banner below.
