Tristram Hunt: To ask the Secretary of State for
Communities and Local Government, what the residence requirements are for (a)
existing right-to-buy entitlements and (b) the proposed extension of right-to-buy
to housing association tenants for (i) non-EU foreign nationals, (ii) EU
foreign nationals and (iii) UK citizens.
Brandon Lewis: Before 2006 all applicants for Government
supported home ownership had to have indefinite leave to remain in the UK. The last Labour
Government changed these rules in 2006. Subject to EU Treaty negotiation, we will introduce a
residency test for social housing, requiring European Economic Area nationals
to have lived in the UK for 4 years. This means that European Economic Area
nationals would not be eligible for Right to Buy until they had lived in this
country for a minimum of seven years. A tenant must have had a public sector
tenancy within the UK for three years before qualifying for Right to Buy.
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