Buying Your Rented Home

 'Right to Buy' and 'Right to Acquire'

Eligible tenants may be able to purchase their home under the 'Right to Buy' scheme or the 'Right to Acquire scheme.

Right to Buy

Under the Right to Buy scheme, you can buy your home at a price lower than the full market value. This is because the length of time that you have spent as a tenant entitles you to a discount.

Who has the Right to Buy?  Click here to find out.

How do you apply?  Click here to find out more.

Right to Acquire

Eligible secure and assured tenants must live in a property which qualifies for the scheme. To qualify for the scheme a property must have been built or purchased, on or after 1st April 1997 with funding through a social housing grant provided by the Housing Corporation or Local Authority. As well as occupying a qualifying property, you must also have spent 5 continuous years as a tenant of either a Housing Association or Council.

How do you apply?  Click here to find out more.