Landlords Threaten Legal Action over Right to Buy Extension

Sector leaders would challenge any government attempt to extend the Right to Buy policy for housing associations in court. The Conservatives are widely reported to be planning to include an extension of the controversial policy to housing association tenants in its forthcoming election manifesto. Housing association tenants can access the right to acquire – which gives less generous discounts – or preserved Right to Buy if their landlord’s stock was transferred from the local authority. David Montague, chief executive of L&Q, said he ‘would be surprised if it wasn’t challenged legally’. Read more on Inside Housing.