Buying your rented home

You may have heard of Right to Buy, a Government scheme that allows tenants to purchase the home they currently rent with a discount.

We are a registered social landlord with charitable status, and this means that most of our homes are exempt from the Right to Buy scheme. However, there are some exceptions, and we know that many of our customers are interested in owning their home. We can help with this through two different schemes, called Preserved Right to Buy and Right to Acquire. Click on the tabs for below to learn more.

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Buying your rented home

Preserved Right to Buy

Some of our homes were transferred to us from local authorities. If you live in one of these homes and had a tenancy agreement with the local authority at the time of the transfer, have succeeded a tenancy of this nature and are still living in the home, or have transferred to one of our other homes, you may be eligible for a Preserved Right to Buy.

You can find out more about the requirements you need to meet to qualify for Preserved Right to Buy by visiting the Government’s website.

Right to Acquire

If you do not quality for Right to Buy, you may qualify for an alternative scheme called the Right to Acquire. Under this scheme, you might be able to buy your home at a discount.

You may qualify to apply through the Right to Acquire scheme if either of the following apply:

your home was bought or built by a housing association on or after 1st April 1997

your home was transferred from a local authority to housing association on or after 1st April 1997

You can find out more about the requirements you need to meet to qualify for Right to Acquire by visiting the Government’s website.

Buying your rented home