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Councils to be given five years to spend Right to Buy receipts

Councils will be given five years to spend receipts from Right to Buy sales as part of an overhaul of the key housing policy, local government secretary Robert Jenrick has announced.

By Mark Conrad | 22 March 2021

Councils will be given five years to spend receipts from Right to Buy sales as part of an overhaul of the key housing policy, local government secretary Robert Jenrick has announced.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government belatedly published its response to a 2018 consultation on Right to Buy (RtB) over the weekend.

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