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Written question asked by Caroline Lucas (Green Party) on Thursday, 23 June 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 June 2022. It was answered by Stuart Andrew (Conservative) on Friday, 1 July 2022 on behalf of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Right to Buy Scheme: Midlands

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many of the homes sold during the Voluntary Right to Buy Midlands pilot have been replaced since the commencement of that scheme; what recent assessment he has made of whether the pilot will lead to a one-for-one replacement of the homes that have been sold; and if he will make a statement.

Answer

This Government is committed to the Right to Buy, which has helped nearly two million council tenants to realise their dream of home ownership.

Housing associations that took part in the Midlands pilot have 3 years to use the receipts from a sale for replacement affordable housing. Replacement is therefore still ongoing. 1,839 homes were sold between 2019 and 2021 under the Midlands Voluntary Right to Buy pilot. We are monitoring replacement of homes sold under the pilot, including through our annually published data collection.

The Prime Minister announced on 9 June 2022, the intention to extend the Right to Buy to housing association tenants, and that homes sold under an extended Right to Buy scheme will be replaced one-for-one.

We will be working closely with the housing association sector as we develop the scheme and will announce more details in due course.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
23736
Session
2022-23
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Pilot schemes Right to buy scheme Midlands
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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