Fast-Track for Watered Down Right to Buy Through Parliament

The government's much heralded extension of the right to buy to housing association tenants could end up being an amended version of an existing policy. According to sources, the government is looking to achieve its Queen's Speech pledge to "enable the extension of right to buy levels of discount to housing association tenants" by modifying the right to acquire. The right to acquire, introduced under the 1996 Housing Act, gives tenants of housing associations the statutory right to buy their homes at a discount to the open market value, in line with the right to buy. However, there are key differences. Read more on 24dash.