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Your right to buy your council home - including how to apply, who is eligible, discounts available and where to get help and advice.
Right to Buy allows most council tenants to buy their council home at a…
You can get a discount on the market value of your home when you buy it if…
Fill in the Right to Buy application form (RTB1 notice). Send it to your…
If your landlord agrees to sell, their offer will tell you: the price they…
You can appeal to a tribunal if you’re stopped from buying your home…
Your landlord must complete parts of your Right to Buy application within…
If you sell your home within 10 years of buying it through Right to Buy,…
You can get free advice about: how to complete your Right to Buy or…
Forms and guidance for council and housing association tenants in England who want to buy their home.
Buy your housing association home - including how to apply, who is eligible, discounts available and where to get help and advice.
You might be able to buy your rented housing association home at a…
You can get a discount of between £9,000 and £16,000 on the price of your…
Fill in the Right to Acquire application form. Send it to your landlord.…
If you sell your home within 10 years of buying it through Right to…
Ask your landlord about Right to Acquire. They may also be able to help…
Guidance for tenants on the changes to the Right to Buy scheme.
The RTB1 form is the notice claiming the Right to Buy that tenants need to complete.
The Voluntary Right to Buy (VRTB) Midlands pilot launched in August 2018, giving eligible housing association tenants in the East and West Midlands the opportunity to purchase their homes at Right to Buy level discounts. The pilot concluded in 2021.
Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.
Official statistics on the sales of local authority-owned dwellings through the Right to Buy scheme.
This form is for housing association tenants who wish to apply to buy their home through the Right to Acquire scheme.
Get information from your local council about the right to buy your council house or flat, including where to send the application form
Form for landlords on whom an initial notice of delay has been served in which the tenant has stated that delays on the part of the landlord are holding up the sale or grant of the lease.
The RTB2 form is the notice that a council sends to a tenant who has applied to buy their home through the Right to Buy scheme.
'Want to make your home your own?' Right to Buy summary booklet.
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