Legislation Will End The Right To Buy

A Bill to abolish the right to buy in Wales has been introduced in the National Assembly. The Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Bill will abolish the Right to Buy for council tenants and the Right to Acquire and Preserved Right to Buy for housing association tenants. The Bill should complete its passage through the Assembly by the end of the year. The Right to Buy would end after a period of at least a year following Royal Assent. If it does, Welsh Government will inform councils and social landlords within a month of Royal Assent, and they will have to inform tenants within one more month. Qualifying tenants will then have a further ten months to decide whether to apply to buy. Read more on the Welsh Housing Quarterly website.