The Right to Buy scheme gives tenants the right to purchase their home at a discount.
The percentage of discount you receive is dependent upon the number of years of tenancy.
The minimum discounts are 32% for a house and 44% for a flat (two years) and maximum discounts of 60% for a house (30 years) and 70% for a flat (15 years). The discount cannot exceed £16,000.
Conditions when you can apply for Right to Buy:
- You must be Brent Council tenant
- a council tenant must have had a secure public sector tenancy totalling 2 or more years if they became a council tenant before the 18th January 2005. If they became a council tenant on or after the 18th January 2005 the qualifying period is 5 years
- the property that the tenant is purchasing must be the tenant's only or principal home
- if the tenancy is in joint names, both parties must indicate on the application form if they wish to purchase or not
- should family members or co-habitants wish to join the Right to Buy they will have need to resided at the property full-time for 12 months prior to the application being put in
- you are allowed to be in receipt of Housing benefit and apply for the Right to Buy.
Conditions when you cannot apply for Right to Buy:
- A council tenant can be served a Suspended Possession Order during their tenancy and still be eligible for the Right to Buy, however they must have it discharged or rescinded by the court prior to making application, the same rule applies to Firm Possession Order.
- some properties in Brent Council's housing stock are leased to the council. If a flat has less than 50 years left on its lease and a house less than the 21 years the Right to Buy will not arise
- if your home is scheduled for possible demolition the Council may serve an Initial Demolition Notice which can suspend the Right to Buy for up to 5 years. If demolition is planned within 2 years the Council may serve a Final Demolition Notice which will end your Right to Buy
- a tenant's Right to Buy can be suspended or terminated if they (or their household or visitors) engage in anti-social behaviour
How to apply for Right to Buy:
A tenant needs to complete a Right To Buy form and submit it to:
Right To Buy Team
Brent Housing Partnership
Chancel House
Neasden Lane, Neasden
London
NW10 2UF
A tenant can obtain this form by:
- Contacting the Right to Buy section on 020 8937 2600
- Sending an email to info@bhphousing.co.uk
- Visiting any of the One Stop local offices
- Requesting a Right to Buy form online
Download
You can download the full 'Information on your right to buy' booklet which contains useful information about the right to buy process in portable document format (pdf)
- Information on your right to buy (.pdf, 456Kb)
Translations
The 'Information on your right to buy' booklet has also been translated into the following 10 languages and are available to download as pdf's:
- Albanian (.pdf, 105Kb)
- Arabic (.pdf, 201Kb)
- Bengali (.pdf, 63Kb)
- Farsi (.pdf, 185Kb)
- Gujarati (.pdf, 89Kb)
- Hindi (.pdf, 81Kb)
- Punjabi (.pdf, 48Kb)
- Somali (.pdf, 105Kb)
- Tamil (.pdf, 56Kb)
- Urdu (.pdf, 332Kb)
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