Right to Buy Scheme
(asked on 24th September 2019) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate his Department has made of proportion of homes purchased under the right to buy schemes that are now owned by private landlords.
This question was answered on 1st October 2019
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not collect this information. Under the Right to Buy there are restrictions in place to discourage re-sale within 5 years of purchase, and mortgage providers and landlords may also place restrictions on letting in the terms of the sale.