A tenant's guide- The Right to Buy

When working out whether you qualify to buy and the level of discount to which you are entitled, you may count any periods of tenancy of a house or flat with any of the bodies listed below. You can't buy your home from most of the bodies listed below, but you can count the time you were a tenant with any of them towards the 2-year (or 5-year) qualifying period and discount:

• Local authorities in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
• Registered housing associations and other registered social landlords (including charitable housing associations and associations which do not get public funds, but not co-operative housing associations).
• Fire Authorities.
• Internal Drainage Boards.
• London Regional Transport.
• Parish Councils.
• Passenger Transport Executives.
• Police Authorities.
• AFRC Institute for Grassland and Animal Production.
• Agricultural and Food Research Council.
• Area Electricity Boards.
• British Airports Authority.
• British Broadcasting Corporation.
• British Coal Corporation.
• British Gas Corporation.
• British Railways Board.
• British Steel Corporation.
• British Waterways Board.
• Central Electricity Generating Board.
• Church Commissioners.
• Civil Aviation Authority.
• Coal Authority.
• Electricity Council.
• English Sports Council.
• Government Departments (includes National Health Service properties).
• Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England.
• Lake District Special Planning Board.
• Lee Valley Regional Park Authority.
• London Residuary Body.
• Medical Research Council.
• Metropolitan county residuary bodies.
• National Bus Company.
• National Health Service Trusts.
• National Rivers Authority.
• Natural Environment Research Council.
• Nature Conservancy Council for England.
• New Towns.
• Peak Park Joint Planning Board.
• Post Office.
• Science and Engineering Research Council.
• Sports Council.
• Trinity House (only in its capacity as a lighthouse authority).
• United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority.
• United Kingdom Sports Council.
• Water Authorities.
• Community Councils in Wales.
• Countryside Council for Wales. 
• Development Board for Rural Wales.
• National Library of Wales.
• National Museum of Wales.
• Sports Council for Wales.
• Welsh Development Agency.
• Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses.
• Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
• North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board.
• Scottish Homes.
• Scottish National Heritage.
• Scottish Sports Council.
• South of Scotland Electricity Board.
• Education and Library Boards in Northern Ireland.
• Fire Authority for Northern Ireland.
• Northern Ireland Electricity Service.
• Northern Ireland Housing Executive.
• Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company.
• Science and Engineering Research Council.
• Police Authority for Northern Ireland.
• Sports Council for Northern Ireland.
• And any public body that was your landlord and first did the work of any of the bodies listed.