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Right to Buy Scheme: Foreign Nationals

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 17 December 2024UIN 18264

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled Social housing lettings in England, tenancies: April 2023 to March 2024, published on 5 December 2024, if she will make an estimate of the number of people from (a) EEA countries and (b) other nationalities who have purchased social housing through right-to-buy schemes since 2007.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Detailed information relating to sales of social housing, including Right to Buy, is collected on a voluntary basis by local authorities.

The Department does not hold robust data on the nationality of those who have purchased social homes through Right to Buy.

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