Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she has taken to ensure local authorities have discharged their functions under Section 121AA and Section 121B of the Housing Act 1985 following the Housing (Right to Buy) (Limits on Discount) (England) Order 2024; and what guidance her Department provides to tenants on action to take if local authorities have not provided adequate notification on right to buy discount changes.

Local authorities are responsible for complying with sections 121AA and 121B of the Housing Act 1985.

My Department’s Right to Buy guidance for local authorities, which can be found on gov.uk here, sets out the requirements to provide secure tenants with information about the scheme and keep that information up to date so far as reasonably practicable.

Following the announcement of the revised maximum cash discounts in October 2024, my Department updated its published information for tenants and landlords setting out the changes.

It was for local authorities to communicate any changes with tenants. There was no specific requirement for them to inform all tenants of the discount changes by the 21 November 2024 implementation date.