Buying your council home (Right to Buy)

The Right to Buy (RTB) scheme gives eligible council tenants the right to buy their home from the council at a discount.

Your family Right to Buy

You can buy the property with anyone in your family who is a joint tenant.

Please check the definition of family member and note that Cousins cannot apply as a family member.

You can buy the property with up to three members of your family who are not joint tenants if the property is their main home.

Anyone (except your husband or wife) who is buying the property must have lived with you for 12 months before you apply to buy.

If you wish to make changes to your application to include a family member after you have applied, you will be required to submit a new application to include them. 

The family member must provide documentary evidence that they have been residing at the property for the past 12 months prior to the application.