Homes to buy

If you want to buy your home, you may be able to do so through one of two schemes:

The Right to Acquire

The Preserved Right to Buy

This scheme gives some housing association tenants the legal right to buy the home they currently rent. Both the property, and the tenant living in it, must qualify for a purchase to be made under the Right to Acquire.

The home must either:

• Be a property which transferred from Daventry District Council to Daventry & District Housing or
• Have been built by Daventry & District Housing on or after April 1, 1997, with a grant from the Housing Corporation (a national body) or
• Have been bought by Daventry & District Housing on or after April 1, 1997, with a grant from the Housing Corporation

To be considered, you must meet one of the following criteria:

• Have spent at least two years as a public sector tenant, or in housing provided by the armed forces (if you were a tenant before January 18 2005) or
• Have been a public sector tenant for at least five years (if your first tenancy started on or after January 18 2005)

And live in a self-contained house or flat, which is your only or main home.

For further information about the Right to Acquire or contact us on 01327 707500.