Official Statistics

Right to Buy sales and replacements, England 2023 to 2024

Official statistics on the sales of local authority-owned dwellings through the Right to Buy scheme.

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Published: 11 July 2024
• Last updated: 23 August 2024 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Right to Buy sales and replacements, England: April 2023 to March 2024

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Right to Buy sales and replacements - technical notes

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Data used in graphs within statistical release

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This release presents official statistics on the number of sales of dwellings under the Right to Buy scheme, as well as providing statistics on receipts resulting from those sales and starts on site as part of the one-for-one additions policy.

The Right to Buy scheme allows eligible social housing tenants to buy their house at a reduced price and has been in place since 1980. These statistics relate only to sales by local authorities under the scheme, excluding sales by private registered providers under preserved Right to Buy.

Following changes to the data collection, outlined in the technical notes, this is the third annual Official Statistics on Right to Buy sales, replacing the quarterly series which ran until April 2021.

Published 11 July 2024
Last updated 23 August 2024 + show all updates

1. 23 August 2024

   Historical Right to Buy maximum discounts have been added to the technical notes, as well as clarification on some revisions to replacements figures in 2021-22.

2. 11 July 2024

   First published.