Local Government Association urges Right to Buy reform

Local council housing

Chancellor urged to relax rules so local authorities can keep all the receipts from council house sales

The Local Government Association has called on Sajid Javid to use next month’s spending round to relax the financial restrictions governing Right to Buy (RTB).

The LGA is urging the chancellor to reform the RTB regime and allow local authorities to keep all the receipts they get from selling council homes, instead of the third they are currently allowed to retain, the rest going to the Treasury.

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