This statistic shows the annual right to buy sales of social housing sold by local authorities in England from 2001/2002 to the third quarter of 2020. Right to buy is a government scheme in England that was set up to support eligible council and housing association tenants with the purchasing of their home, by offering a discount on the price of the property. It can be seen that the number of right to buy sales of social housing sold by local authorities decreased overall during this period, from a total of almost 52 thousand in 2001/2002 to a total of over 10.2 thousand as of 2018/2019. The largest number of right to buy sales occurred in the period 2003/2004, when a total of more than 69.5 thousand sales took place.
Number of right to buy sales of social housing by local authorities in England from 2001 to 2020
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Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. (March 27, 2020). Number of right to buy sales of social housing by local authorities in England from 2001 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/291215/uk-housing-market-right-to-buy-sales-from-local-authorities/
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. "Number of right to buy sales of social housing by local authorities in England from 2001 to 2020." Chart. March 27, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291215/uk-housing-market-right-to-buy-sales-from-local-authorities/
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. (2020). Number of right to buy sales of social housing by local authorities in England from 2001 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/291215/uk-housing-market-right-to-buy-sales-from-local-authorities/
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. "Number of Right to Buy Sales of Social Housing by Local Authorities in England from 2001 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291215/uk-housing-market-right-to-buy-sales-from-local-authorities/
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, Number of right to buy sales of social housing by local authorities in England from 2001 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/291215/uk-housing-market-right-to-buy-sales-from-local-authorities/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Number of right to buy sales of social housing by local authorities in England from 2001 to 2020 [Graph], Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government, March 27, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/291215/uk-housing-market-right-to-buy-sales-from-local-authorities/
