Written questions

Right to Buy Scheme: Cooperatives and Housing Associations

Commons · Question 32511 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 3 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Martin Wrigley

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will introduce a community right to buy for social landlords and community-led housing organisations.

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 3 Mar 2025

Through the English Devolution Bill, we will introduce a ‘right to buy’ to empower local people to bring community assets, such as shops, pubs and community centres, into community ownership. There are no plans for this to apply to social or community-led...