Housing (Sale of Houses to Long-standing Tenants) Regulations 2011.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Housing (Sale of Houses to Long-standing Tenants) Regulations 2011.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
(a) where improvements have been carried out to the dwelling other than by or on behalf of the authority, by the portion (if any) of such amount that, in the opinion of the authority, is attributable to such improvements, and
(b) where the site of the dwelling was provided to the authority for a nominal sum, by the excess (if any) of the market value of the site over such sum;
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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations apply to the sale by a housing authority under section 90 of a dwelling (hereinafter referred to as “the dwelling”) of the class specified in paragraph (2) to the tenant in accordance with a purchase scheme adopted by the authority for the purposes of these Regulations (hereinafter referred to as a “2011 purchase scheme for long-standing tenants”.
(2) The class of dwelling referred to in paragraph (1) comprises dwellings let to tenants with reckonable tenancy in excess of 10 years, determined in accordance with Regulation 6.
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paragraphs: The period within which a housing authority shall receive an application by a tenant to purchase a dwelling under a 2011 purchase scheme for long-standing tenants shall end on 31 December 2011.
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paragraphs: A 2011 purchase scheme for long-standing tenants shall apply for the period ending on 31 December 2012.
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paragraphs: (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the reckonable period of tenancy shall be the aggregate, on the earlier of the date of the completion of the sale or 31 December 2011, of the following periods to such extent as they are not contemporaneous:
(a) the period of the tenancy of the purchaser or his or her spouse or civil partner of the dwelling and of any other dwelling let by and not purchased from a housing authority,
(b) the period (if any) during which the purchaser or his or her spouse or civil partner occupied the dwelling as a purchaser under the terms of a previous sale of the dwelling by the housing authority, and
(c) where the purchaser or his or her spouse or civil partner—
(i) was, for a period of at least one year immediately preceding his or her appointment as tenant of any dwelling by a housing authority, bona fide resident in such dwelling as a member of the household of the preceding tenant, and
(ii) succeeded to the tenancy of such dwelling,
(2) In the case where joint tenants have applied to purchase a dwelling, the longest period of a joint tenant in each category referred to in paragraph (1) shall be included in the reckonable period of tenancy for the purposes of this Regulation.
(3) The reckonable period of tenancy determined in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be rounded up to the next number of complete years where such rounding up would not result in the addition of more than 6 months to such period.
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paragraphs: The purchase money for the dwelling shall be its market value reduced by the amount of the discount under Regulation 8 (hereinafter referred to as “the discount”) and the amount of the allowance, if any, under Regulation 9.
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paragraphs: The discount shall be an amount equal to 3 per cent of the market value in respect of each year of the reckonable period of tenancy determined by the housing authority in accordance with Regulation 6, subject to a maximum of 45 per cent of the market value.
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paragraphs: An allowance shall be deducted from the market value, after the discount under Regulation 8 has been allowed, of an amount equal to the amount (if any) of capital paid to the housing authority by the purchaser or his or her spouse or civil partner in accordance with the terms of a previous sale of the dwelling to him or her or to his or her spouse or civil partner by the authority, provided that the authority did not repay such capital to the purchaser or his or her spouse or civil partner.
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paragraphs: (1) The purchase money for the dwelling shall be paid to the housing authority in full on the completion of the sale.
(2) Where any portion of the purchase money is being financed by way of a loan by a housing authority to the purchaser under section 11 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1992 , “paid” means, in relation to the said portion, the completion by the purchaser of a mortgage contract in respect of such loan.
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paragraphs: The special conditions referred to in paragraph (b) and (c) of the definition of “special condition” in section 89 of the Housing Act, 1966 shall apply to the dwelling for a period of 20 years from the date of its vesting, subject, in the case of the special condition referred to in the said paragraph (c), to the provisions of subsections (9) and (12)(b) of section 90.
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paragraphs: (1) The transfer order for the sale of a dwelling shall be in the form set out in the Schedule, unless the Minister consents to another form.
(2) A housing authority shall, on making a transfer order in respect of a dwelling, furnish a copy of the order to the purchaser.
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paragraphs: A housing authority shall not sell a dwelling which—
(a) has been specifically designed for occupation by one or more than one elderly person;
(b) is a separate and self-contained flat in a premises, divided into two or more flats, which would require arrangements for the upkeep and management of common areas, works or services other than by the purchaser;
(c) has been specifically designed for occupation by travellers, where more than one such dwelling is provided on the land concerned
(d) is a caravan, mobile home or a structure or a thing (whether on wheels or not) that is capable of being moved from one place to another (whether by towing, transport on a vehicle or trailer, or otherwise);
(e) in the opinion of the housing authority, ought not to be sold for reasons of proper management of the authority’s stock of housing accommodation or on account of the dwelling’s structural condition; or
(f) ought not to be sold for the time being on account of proposals the authority has to carry out reconstruction or improvement works under section 12 of the Housing Act 1988 or for the regeneration of the area concerned.