Housing association tenants: right to buy

For information on the 2015 Conservative Government’s commitment to extend the Right to Buy to assured tenants of housing associations see Library briefing paper Introducing a voluntary Right to Buy for housing association tenants in England (7224).

Most housing association (assured) tenants do not have a statutory Right to Buy the home in which they live at a discount. This note explains the limited circumstances in which a housing association tenant might be able to exercise the Right to Buy. The note also outlines other possible options, such as the Right to Acquire.

Housing associations are now also known as private registered providers of social housing.

General information on Government schemes to assist people into home ownership can be found in Library paper 3668, Extending home ownership: Government initiatives.