Local Government Association

The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that the ability of English councils to replace homes sold under Right to Buy ‘will all but be eliminated within five years’, unless the scheme undergoes major reform.

Central and local government need to work together to provide local areas with the powers to replace every council home sold, with councils retaining Right to Buy receipts, the Local Government Association (LGA) has said.

The Local Government Association (LGA) has warned that the number of homes sold under Right to Buy that local authorities have been able to replace fell by more than a quarter in England last year.