Right to buy (section 24)

24.1.  You may have the Right to Buy your home from the Council.

24.2.  Existing secure tenants will normally have the Right to Buy the freehold or leasehold of their home from the Council after they have been a tenant for a period of qualifying years as defined by statute.

24.3.  Introductory Tenants do not have the Right to Buy their home during the period of their Introductory Tenancy, but their period of introductory tenancy will count towards the qualifying years.

24.4.  Some tenants do not have the Right to Buy by law. This includes Sheltered Housing tenants and tenants of certain adapted properties.

24.5.  Secure tenants against whom the Council have obtained either a Suspended Possession Order, a Postponed Possession Order or a Demotion Order do not have the Right to Buy.

24.6.  The Council can obtain a Court Order from the court suspending the Right to Buy your home if you have breached the terms of this Tenancy Agreement.

24.7.  If you apply to buy your home, the Council will continue to do repairs that may affect you or your household’s health, safety, or security while you are applying but the Council will not carry out any improvement works, for example installing new windows and/or installing a new central heating system. If you buy your home, the Council will no longer be responsible for its repair.