Right to Buy

GPTKB entity

Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:affordable_housing
gptkbp:abolished gptkb:Scotland
gptkb:Wales
Scotland 2016
Wales 2019
gptkbp:activeIn gptkb:England
gptkb:Northern_Ireland
gptkbp:administeredBy local authorities
gptkbp:allows purchase of council homes at discount
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:England
gptkb:Northern_Ireland
gptkb:Scotland
gptkb:Wales
council housing tenants
gptkbp:criticizedFor reducing social housing stock
gptkbp:discountBasedOn length of tenancy
gptkbp:eligibility minimum 3 years public sector tenancy
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Housing_Act_1980
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Right to Buy
gptkbp:introduced gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkb:United_Kingdom_government
gptkbp:introducedIn 1980
gptkbp:maximumDiscount £87,200 (rest of England, 2023)
£96,010 (London, 2023)
gptkbp:relatedTo Help to Buy
Right to Acquire
gptkbp:supportersClaim increased home ownership
gptkbp:type academic research
public policy debate
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Council_Housing
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5