HC Deb 31 March 1981 vol 2 c85W
Mr. Adley

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the rights of tenants in local authority houses who have applied to purchase their homes to continue to have routine or emergency maintenance carried out by the local authority betwixt the announced intention to, and the completion of, purchase of the dwelling.

Mr. Stanley

Under section 32 of the Housing Act 1961 a housing authority is bound to keep in repair the structure and exterior of any house of which it is the landlord. Where a tenant claims to excercise the right to buy conferred by chapter 1 of the Housing Act 1980, this obligation will continue until the sale is completed.