Right to Acquire notices for landlords to respond to tenants
Forms for housing association landlords to respond to a tenant's application to buy their property through the Right to Acquire scheme.
Your tenant can apply to buy their home through the Right to Acquire scheme by sending you a RTA 1 application form.
For further guidance on the requirements you must follow, read the Right to Acquire chapter in the Capital Funding Guide.
Homes England has produced these standard forms for tenant applications and landlord notifications to help you process Right to Acquire applications. They are not statutory forms and you can produce your own, but you must make sure they meet any legal requirements.
Respond to a tenant’s application
You must respond in writing to a tenant’s application to buy their housing association property through the Right to Acquire scheme by either accepting or denying the request through a RTA2 notice.
Send an offer notice to a tenant
This is the formal offer notice from you to the tenant, including where a revised valuation has been obtained for the property following a tenant’s application for a determination from the district valuer.
Send a first reminder to a tenant
Send a notice to remind a tenant if they have confirmed their intention to buy their home, but have not progressed the purchase to completion within a reasonable timeframe. You can issue this first reminder any time after the 12-week acceptance period of the offer notice (RTA3) has ended.
Send a final reminder to a tenant
If a tenant has not progressed the purchase of their home after your first reminder, you can send them a final reminder and provide a deadline within a reasonable timeframe to complete their purchase.
Last updated 27 March 2023 + show all updates
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Clarified the correct use of the Right to Acquire forms when read alongside the guidance in the Right to Acquire chapter of the Capital Funding Guide.
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First published.