The national roll-out of Right to Buy for housing
association tenants will not take place until after April 2018 at the earliest,
with the sell-off of high-value council homes also delayed. Gavin Barwell,
housing minister, said he had written to councils to tell them the government
will not be requesting any high-value asset payments during 2017/18. Councils
had called for the policy to be delayed from its expected start date of April
2017. He also confirmed the regional pilot of Right to Buy announced in
yesterday’s Autumn Statement will test one-for-one replacement and portability
of discounts, unlike the current pilot.
Read more on Inside Housing.
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