A question on #CouncilHousing #Construction tabled by Victoria Collins on 23-04-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Council Housing: Construction
Question ID: 1796413
UIN: 47472
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-04-23
Asking Member ID: 5201
Asking Member display name: Victoria Collins
Asking Member handle: TweetingCollins
Asking Member Twitter reference: @TweetingCollins
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has considered allowing local authorities to (a) retain and (b) reinvest all proceeds from Right to Buy sales into building new council homes.
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Date answered: 2025-05-01
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4520
Answering Member display name: Matthew Pennycook
Answering Member handle: mtpennycook
Answering Member Twitter reference: @mtpennycook
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Answer text: Former council tenants who have purchased their home under the Right to Buy scheme but wish to resell or dispose of it within a 10-year period, must first offer the property for sale at the full market value to either the former landlord or to another soc...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true