First properties sold through First Homes scheme

Home ownership

1,500 homes expected to be sold through new home ownership scheme

Keyworkers in Derbyshire are among the first to buy their homes through the government’s First Homes scheme to boost homeownership

A nurse and a police officer from Bolsover, Derbyshire, were among those to buy their home with a discount of at least 30% through the scheme. The discount, unlike a similar incentive under the previous failed Starter Homes programme, remains in perpetuity for future first-time buyers of the property.

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