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Home Group pilot RTB model for tenants
Home HA plans to discount tenants’ rents, freeze property prices and top up savings in a pioneering bid to help tenants buy their social home.…
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Wales is scrapping the RTB
The first minister has announced that we will introduce a bill to abolish the right to buy within the next year. In an article…
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Voluntary RTB for HAs
There are key five areas that will shape the implementation of Voluntary Right to Buy says the NHF: eligibility discretion application and sales process…
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16% of LA RTB sales are tenants on benefits
Around 16% of council homes sold by 10 councils under the boosted Right to Buy have been to tenants on housing benefit, raising fears…
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RTB pilots – tenants are over 50 years of age
The average age of tenants buying their homes through the Right to Buy pilots is more than 50, housing associations have revealed. At the…
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Portable discounts and the new voluntary RTB
A lack of detail surrounding plans for portable discounts could slow the introduction of the government’s flagship extension of the Right to Buy to…
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Only 1% proceed with voluntary RTB
Less than 1% of the housing association tenants offered the chance to purchase their home under a pilot of the Right to Buy have…
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Voluntary RTB for HAs – Update
Here are some very useful breifings from our friends at the NHF on the policy process and the principles of the voluntary right to…
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3250 homes sold under RTB in last qtr 2015/16
More than 3,250 council homes were sold under the Right to Buy in the last quarter of 2015, with just 396 replacements started. According…
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RTB funding shortage, might be plugged by developers
Councils could be forced to rely on private developers to replace high-value homes sold to fund the Right to Buy extension. Baroness Susan Williams,…
