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Secure tenancy definition

What does Secure tenancy mean? In social housing practice, a secure tenancy is a residential letting that gives a tenant strong security of tenure and statutory rights, typically when renting from a local authority. In England, the term is defined and regulated by Part IV of the Housing Act 1985. A tenancy is “secure” where the landlord is a local authority or specified public body and the statutory landlord and tenant conditions are met, unless an exception applies. Core features include: eviction only by court order on statutory grounds (Schedule 2), notice requirements, succession rights, limited assignment and mutual exchange, rights to repair/improve with consent, and...

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Right to Buy in England: eligibility, discounts, procedure, exceptions, anti-social behaviour suspensions, resale and rural restrictions; Wales abolition, preserved Right to Buy, Right to Acquire, and voluntary RTB pilots

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Scope of the right to buy

England

Across England, the Right to Buy (RTB) is provided for by the Housing Act 1985 (HA 1985)...

Wales

In Wales, RTB (including the Preserved Right to Buy) and the Right to Acquire were ended on 26 January 2019 under section 6 of the Abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Act 2018, together with the Abolition of the Right to Buy and Associated Rights (Wales) Act 2018 (Commencement and Saving Provisions) Order 2018, SI 2018/100, art 2. From that date, no new applications were taken in Wales. See LNB News 30/01/2018 82...

What is the right to buy?

The RTB scheme grants qualifying secure tenants a statutory entitlement to purchase their home at a discount. Subject to conditions, a secure tenant in England may buy the freehold of a house or the lease of a flat (or a leasehold house). The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) (then called the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC)) issued a practical overview for potential RTB tenants, ‘Your right to buy a home: A guide—MHCLG April 2024’...

Eligible tenants

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