A tenant's guide - The Right to Buy

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 that 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 that is:

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