Newly-built council homes to be exempt from Right to Buy for 35 years

By Carl Brown2025-07-02T13:21:00

Pennycook announces further reforms, including changes to use of receipts, eligibility and discounts

Matthew Pennycook has announced that newly-built council homes will be exempt from the Right to Buy for 35 years.

The housing minister, in a statement to parliament today, confirmed further reforms to the policy in a bid to ‘protect much-needed social housing stock’.

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