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The Housing (Scotland) Act 2014 abolished the right to buy – keeping up to 15,500 homes in the social sector over the next decade. The SNP abolished the right to buy in order to protect and enhance social housing and to protect the investment made in social housing over many generations.

Ending Right to Buy will prevent the sale of 15,000 homes over a 10-year period. It will protect the existing stock of social rented homes, and ensure social landlords can help people who need social housing.

Overview. The Right to Buy scheme helps eligible council and housing association tenants in England to buy their home with a discount of up to £87,200 (£116,200 inside London).

Right to Buy is housing policy in England only. Right to Buy was abolished in Scotland in July 2016. It was abolished in Wales in January 2019.

The basis for the current RTB rules is the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987. Until 2001, this gave most council and housing association tenants the right to buy their homes, with a 2-year qualifying period and a maximum discount of 70% of the market value of the property.

The Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 gave most council and housing association tenants the right to buy their homes.

Help to Buy (Scotland) is made up of two schemes – an 'equity loan' where the government will loan you up to 15% of the value of your new home and a 'mortgage guarantee' where lenders will be able to offer competitive mortgage rates for those who have only a 5% deposit.

The Right to Buy Scheme was a policy across the UK where secure tenants of councils and some housing associations had the legal right to buy the council house they are living in, at a large discount.