Posts Tagged ‘right to buy’
Shelter responds to government figures showing dwindling numbers of social housing under the Right to Buy scheme.
New government figures show only one social home is built for almost every three sold off Shelter responds to government figures showing dwindling numbers of social housing under the Right to Buy scheme. The data shows: · In the last year 11,649 social homes have been sold off, while only 4,566 social homes are being built…
Read MoreGov.Wales open consultation on draft document ‘Information for tenants of social landlords’
Welsh Government in an open consultation launched 19th July 2017 want your views on a draft document, which social landlords will issue to tenants if the Abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Bill becomes law, the consultation ends 13th September 2017. They are consulting on a sample document to see if…
Read MoreHousing Statistical Release including right to buy and transfers
Official statistics on the number of sales of dwellings under the Right to Buy scheme in England – October to December 2016 released from the Department for Communities and Local Government 16th March 2017. The release presents official statistics on the number of sales of dwellings under the Right to Buy scheme, as well as providing…
Read MoreWelsh government introduces bill to abolish right to buy
The Welsh Government’s proposal to end the right of social housing tenants to buy their own homes started its journey through the National Assembly for Wales on Monday 13th March, the rights to buy will be abolished across the housing sector, including housing associations and council homes. The Welsh Government aims to protect the Welsh…
Read MoreRight to Buy helps thousands to become homeowners
An announcement last week published on the Gov.UK website from the Department for Communities and Local Government and Gavin Barwell MP headlined ‘Right To Buy: more than 56,000 new homeowners across the country’ New figures published 22 Septemebr 2016 show more than 312,000 households have now benefited from government-backed home ownership schemes including Right to…
Read MoreVoluntary Right to Buy scheme pilot launched
Housing association tenants are now becoming homeowners under the government’s extension of the right to buy scheme, a voluntary agreement between government and housing associations will give householders the opportunity to purchase their home under the new Voluntary Right to Buy scheme. The National Housing Federation has signed a deal with the government to offer…
Read MoreHousing Groups in Scotland welcome end of right-to-buy
Housing associations have welcomed the end of the right to buy policy in Scotland after more than 30 years. The Right-to-Buy scheme which was introduced by Margaret Thatcher in the 1980’s has been blamed for a shortage of housing in the social rental sector. Shelter Scotland reportedly said, more than half a million social homes…
Read MoreWales leads the way.
I suspect many of you who saw the Welsh flag at the head of this Breaking News item would have thought you were going to get another report on what can only be described as one of the greatest games of football in British fooballing history last week, Wales against Belgium, well you are not,…
Read MoreHousing and Planning Bill becomes Law
News story released on the GOV.UK website from Department for Communities and Local Government and Brandon Lewis MP, headlines Landmark Housing and Planning Bill receives Royal Assent. New measures to help more people buy their own home and get houses built faster became law last Friday 13th May. The Act sets out a clear determination…
Read MoreRight to Buy pilot scheme starts.
As of yesterday Housing Association Tenants will be able to take their first step to owning their own home under government plans to extend Right to Buy according to the press release from the Department for Communities and Local Government. They will be the first in the country to be able apply to the new…
Read MoreHuge interest in Right-to-Buy
Thousands of households across the country are signing up their interest for the Right to Buy, according to latest government figures. Communities Secretary Greg Clark says this shows the huge interest in the initiative, which allows families in social housing the Right to Buy their property with more than 5,000 coming forward in the first…
Read MoreGovernment ambition of one million homes by 2020
According to Department for Communities and Local Government press release of 12th October. Councils must produce local plans for new homes in their area by 2017 – or the government will ensure, in consultation with local people, those plans are produced for them. Landmark Housing and Planning Bill will help deliver government ambition of one…
Read MoreLib Dems against social housing RTB
Tim Farron the recently elected leader of the Liberal Democrats made it clear in his speech at their conference this week, that his party were against the government plans for right to buy for tenants of housing association homes. He made it clear he would not allow the government to ‘destroy’ social housing by extending…
Read MoreSet back for right to buy
The House of Lords yesterday voted in favour of a crossbench ammendment to the Charities bill that could see Government plans to extend the right to buy to housing association tenants being scuppered. This is definately a seback for the Tory government who made clear their plans in the election party manifesto, even though the…
Read MoreExtending Right to Buy scheme
Jeremy Corbyn a Labour leadership contender has said, “the right to buy policy that lets council tenants buy their homes at a big discount should be extended to the tenants of private landlords, that Labour needed to go further in tackling the housing crisis and that extending Right To Buy could help more people find…
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