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Right to Buy scheme for council house tenants is not under review

Press speculation that the Government has begun a review of the Right to Buy Scheme for council house tenants is not true. A spokesperson for…

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government and The Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP
• Published: 17 September 2010

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Press speculation that the Government has begun a review of the Right to Buy Scheme for council house tenants is not true.

A spokesperson for Communities and Local Government said:

We have absolutely no plans to change the Right to Buy Scheme, and it is not under review. Since its launch in the early 1980s, the Right to Buy Scheme has helped thousands of people into home ownership and has helped create mixed communities.

Published 17 September 2010