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If you are a council tenant you may have the right to buy your council home at a price lower than the market value as part of the Right to Buy scheme.
If you qualify for the Right to Buy scheme, you can buy your home jointly with up to 3 family members who have lived in your council home for at least the last 12 months. Family members can only buy your council home if you want to buy it with them.
You are eligible to apply to buy your council home if you:
Time spent in temporary accommodation (for example, a bed and breakfast or a hostel) or time spent as a demoted tenant does not count towards your qualifying period.
Housing association tenants, armed forces tenants and tenants of a public body such as the NHS may also qualify.
You may not qualify for the right to buy if:
Before you apply, consider all the costs involved in buying your own home. You should see what sort of mortgage you will require. You can speak to high street lenders to find out what they advise. There is also a lot of information on the internet on this subject.
The government has appointed a Right to Buy agent service. It provides free advice at any stage of the purchase, and will also help you avoid hidden fees which some independent financial advisers charge for their Right to Buy advice.
If you are a tenant and you want general advice on buying your council home, please contact the government’s Right to Buy agent.
The Money Advice Service offers free, impartial advice about money, including buying a home and taking out a mortgage.
Read the Right to Buy summary booklet and the Right to Buy guidance.
You can also get advice on Right to Buy from:
There are private companies or people who may offer you help in buying your home. They generally do not give good advice. They will often charge you lots of money for things that we or the government provide free of charge. Or, they may overcharge you for other services, such as arranging your mortgage.
Sometimes companies or individuals offer tenants money for a deal where the company ends up owning the property. If you do this in order to buy your property, you will almost certainly have to repay your discount as soon as you buy it.
Tenants have become homeless after agreeing to deals like this. It is very important that you get independent legal advice from your own solicitor or the Citizens Advice Bureau, before you enter into any agreement of this kind.
Properties that are not included in the scheme are:
Fill in an RTB1 application form, then print and sign it.
Once you have completed the form, please send it to us by email in PDF format to homesales@haringey.gov.uk
We will email you a confirmation letter within 5 working days to confirm that we have received your application.
We cannot accept applications in person. Find out what you can expect from us in our Right to Buy service standards . There is no charge for applying, however you will have to pay the cost of applying for a mortgage and solicitor fees.