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Right to Buy landlords

To have the Right to Buy your home you must be a secure tenant of one of the following bodies in England and Wales.

• A district council.
• A county council or county borough council.
• A London borough council.
• The Common Council of the City of London.
• The Council of the Isles of Scilly.

Any of the following bodies which were set up when the Greater London Council and the metropolitan county councils were abolished:

• A metropolitan county police authority.
• The Northumbria Police Authority.
• A metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority.
• The London Fire and Civil Defence Authority.
• A metropolitan county passenger authority.
• The London Waste Regulation Authority.
• The West London, North London, East London and Western Riverside Waste Disposal Authorities.
• The Merseyside and Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authorities.
• A registered social landlord such as a housing association which is registered with the Housing Corporation or Welsh Assembly Government. This only applies if you are a former secure tenant of a local authority or another Right to Buy landlord and your home was transferred to a registered social landlord.

You may not buy your home if you are the tenant of a registered social landlord which is:

• A charity.
• A landlord which has not received public subsidy.
• A co-operative association.
• The Housing Corporation.

This guide is adapted from Your Right To Buy Your Home, © Crown Copyright 2005; Amended Reprint March 2006. Posted on this site September 2008.

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