Change to Right to Buy provisions

August 7, 2015
by News on the Block Editorial Team
News On the Block

The qualifying 
period for the Government’s Right to Buy programme, which allows many council tenants to buy their home at a discount, has changed to three years from five years. The change, which came into effect in May, was introduced through the Deregulation Act 2015.

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