Right to Buy Manual

Contents of Manual

Right to Buy and Related Procedures - Housing Act 1985 (as amended)
General
Origins	1
Housing Act 1985 Part V	2
Procedure for invoking RTB	3
Structural defects	4
Estimates of service charges etc	5
Restriction on recovery	6
General consent	7
Extension of RTB	8
Preserved RTB	9
Discount	10
Exceptions to the Right to Buy	11
Scope of assistance
General	12
Local and other authorities	13
Housing associations/societies or Housing Corporation	14
Intervention of Secretary of State	15

Procedure for s.127 valuations
Statutory time limits	16
Information from authority	17
Co-ordination	18
Valuation factors common to s.127 and s.128 valuations
General	19
Basis of valuation under s.127 and s.128 HA 1985	20
Exceptions to general basis	21
Inspections	22
Improvements	23
Works of repair	24
Valuation of houses	25
Defective houses	26
Leasehold enfranchisement	27
Valuation of flats	28
Defective flats	29
Repairs and improvements to flats	30
Mining subsidence reports	31
Specialist reports	32
Determinations under the Housing Act 1985
Statutory determination role of DV	33
Statutory basis	34
DV's independence to be safeguarded	35
Choice of staff for determination cases	36
Definition of 'District Valuer'	37
Appointment of 'District Valuer'	38
Approach to DV by tenant	39
Representations	40
DV's role solely to value	41
Time limits and requests for information	42
Reports for s.127 valuations and s.128 determinations
S.127 valuation reports	43
S.128 determination reports	44
Content of reports	45
DV not to assist with service charge estimates	46
Disclosure to building societies and banks	47
Rural areas safeguard: s.157 HA 1985
General	48
Restrictive or pre-emption covenant	49
Designated regions in England - National Parks and AONBs	50
Subsequent designation of AONBs	51
Designated rural areas	52
Subsequent designation of rural areas	53
Designations in Wales	54
Identification of dwellings	55
Valuation considerations - no covenant	56
S.157(2) and (3) covenant	57
Effect of s.157(2) and (3) covenant	58
Possible limited effect of covenant	59
S.157(4) covenant	60
Valuation basis	61
Valuation assistance to authorities	62
Determinations under s.158(1)	63
Urgency for valuation advice and determinations	64
Reports	65

Shared ownership leases
General	66
Valuations	67
Assistance to authorities	68
Determinations	69
Mortgages in RTB cases
General	70
Loans for service charges	71
Vesting of dwellings by mortgagee authorities	72
Valuation	73
Assistance to authorities	74
Determinations	75
Right to Acquire
General	76
Tenancies not bestowing the Right to Acquire	77
Statutory provisions	78
Exceptions to the Right to Acquire	79
Discount	80
Designated rural areas	81
DV's services	82
Practice note 1
Procedure for determinations of value under section 128 HA 1985