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Right to Acquire Scheme: Rural Areas

Asked by Brian MathewLiberal DemocratMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 3 March 2025UIN 33265

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to extend the right to acquire to tenants living in rural areas.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

In "designated rural areas" properties cannot be sold under the Right to Acquire so as to preserve social housing in perpetuity for local people. The government has no plans to change this.

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