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the average discount that had by then actually been given was 44%. The local authority was obliged to offer a mortgage with no deposit. The discount depended on how long tenants had been living in the house, with the proviso that if they subsequently sold their house within a minimum period they would have to pay back a proportion of the discount. The policy became one of the major points of
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As of 2 April 2012, the Right to Buy discount was increased to a maximum of £75,000 or 60% of the house value (70% for a flat) depending on which is lower. In March 2013, the maximum discount in London was increased to £100,000. The maximum right to buy discount increases each financial year in line
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The Right to Buy rules were changed in 2005. Five years' tenancy was now required for new tenants to qualify, and properties purchased after January 2005 could no longer immediately be placed on the open market should the owner decide to sell. Such owners now had to approach their previous landlord
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The sale price of a council house was based on its market valuation, discounted initially by between 33% and 50% (up to 70% for council flats), which was said to reflect the rents paid by tenants and also to encourage take-up; the maximum discount was raised to 60% in 1984 and 70% in 1986. By 1988,
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He said: "There is in this country a deeply ingrained desire for home ownership. The Government believe that this spirit should be fostered. It reflects the wishes of the people, ensures the wide spread of wealth through society, encourages a personal desire to improve and modernise one's own home,
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The FCA's governance of Right to Buy purchases was partly to solve the widespread problem of Right to Buy mis-selling from brokers and solicitors alike. They all had their own agendas, and many were charging excessive fees that were then taken out of their client's discount. The above actions that
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Half the proceeds of the sales were paid to the local authorities, but the government restricted authorities' use of most of the money to reducing their debt until it was cleared rather than spending it on building more homes. The effect was to reduce the council housing stock, especially in areas
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of housing association dwellings built with public subsidy after 1997, at a smaller discount. By 1997, over 1,700,000 dwellings in the UK had been sold under the scheme since its introduction in 1980, with the scheme being cited as one of the major factors in the drastic reduction in the amount of
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The aim of the scheme is, for every additional home sold, a new home will be built for 'affordable rent' at up to 80% of market rent, aimed at maintaining the level of affordable housing while also increasing the number of properties available for those on the waiting list. The five year tenancy
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In 2015, Alan Murie concluded that "the proposed extension of right-to-buy could not easily be reconciled with the independence and charitable status of housing associations" and that "extending the right-to-buy to housing association tenants revived a previous Parliamentary debate and raised
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A 2017 BBC survey of council areas where waiting lists were rising showed the councils had bought back houses they had been forced to sell, sometimes at many times the original price. Housing charities criticised the lack of investment in affordable housing.
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The policy proved immediately popular. Some local Labour-controlled councils were opposed, but the legislation prevented them from blocking purchases and enabled them to redeem debt. Sales were much higher in the south and east of England than in
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In 1982, 200,000 council houses were sold to their tenants. By 1987, more than 1,000,000 council houses in the UK had been sold to their tenants, although the number of council houses purchased by tenants declined during the 1990s.
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proposed to increase Right to Buy discounts in order to revitalise the housing market and generate receipts which could be spent on new housing. Social housing professionals expressed concerns over the proposal.
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think tank suggested, as part of a review of principles for social housing reform, that the right to buy should be extended into equity slivers, which could be part-earned through being a good tenant.
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to their tenants since the Housing Act 1936, but until the early 1970s such sales were limited: between 1957 and 1964, some 16,000 council houses were sold in England. The
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Commercially and socially valuable council assets were sold at below their market value or replacement cost, which can be seen to be an imprudent waste of public money;
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criterion will remain, and should the property be sold within the first five years of the original sale, part or all of the discount will be required to be paid back.
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The remaining stock of council housing was concentrated in undesirable areas with little employment opportunity, further isolating and stigmatising the tenants.
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In the meantime, council house sales to tenants began to increase. Some 7,000 were sold to their tenants during 1970; this soared to more than 45,000 in 1972.
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enables parents to accrue wealth for their children and stimulates the attitudes of independence and self-reliance that are the bedrock of a free society."
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Speculating investors were able to buy up council properties through deferred transaction agreements, hastening the rise in property costs;
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confirmed that Right to Buy would be abolished in Scotland from 2017. It was in the end abolished as a part of the
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questions about the legal position of charities and the risks faced by housing associations and their funders".
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initially proposed the idea of the right of tenants to own the house they live in, in their manifesto for the
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The time in which a Right to Buy conveyance should take place was reduced from 12 months to 3 months. The
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have been taken coupled with the end of the boom period seem to have brought this problem under control.
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general election but dropped its official opposition to the scheme in 1985. However, at the
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Murie, Alan. "Housing and the Environment," in Dennis Kavanagh and Anthony Seldon, eds.,
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The Labour Party was initially against the sales and pledged to oppose them at the
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to buy, at a large discount, the council house they are living in. There is also a
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where property prices were high, such as London and the south-east of England.
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in May 1979, the legislation to implement the Right to Buy was passed in the
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Comparing the Right to Buy in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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The Right to Buy scheme has been criticised for the following reasons:
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Briefing Paper Number 07174, 12 June 2015, House of Commons Library
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scheme is a policy in the United Kingdom, with the exception of
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The Right to Buy: Analysis & Evaluation of a Housing Policy
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The qualifying period changed from 5 years to 3 years in 2018.
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Home ownership policy active in England and Northern Ireland
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in December 2017, and the scheme ended on 26 January 2019.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government.
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extended right-to-buy to housing association tenants.
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Index

Right-to-buy
Scotland
Wales
secure tenants
councils
housing associations
legal right
assured tenants
social housing in the UK
Minister of State for Housing
gentrification
Council Housing
Weaverham
council houses
Labour Party
1959 general election

Margaret Thatcher
Bibliography
Electoral history
Honours
MP for Finchley
Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act
Circular 10/70
Withdrawal of school milk
Shadow Cabinet
1975 leadership election
1979 VoNC in Callaghan ministry
Premiership
Thatcherism

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