Housing Act 1985
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 118 — The right to buy.
The right to buy. 118 1 A secure tenant of a dwelling-house in England has the right to buy, that is to say, the right, in the circumstances and subject to the conditions and exceptions stated in the…
Section 119 — Qualifying period for right to buy.
Qualifying period for right to buy. 119 A1 The right to buy does not arise unless the period which, in accordance with Schedule 4, is to be taken into account for the purposes of this section is at…
Section 120 — Exceptions to the right to buy
Exceptions to the right to buy 120 The right to buy does not arise in the cases specified in Schedule 5 (exceptions to the right to buy).
Section 121 — Circumstances in which the right to buy cannot be exercised.
Circumstances in which the right to buy cannot be exercised. 121 1 The right to buy cannot be exercised if the tenant is subject to an order of the court for possession of the dwelling-house. 2 The…
Section 121A — Order suspending right to buy because of anti-social behaviour
Order suspending right to buy because of anti-social behaviour 121A 1 The court may, on the application of the landlord under a secure tenancy, make a suspension order in respect of the tenancy. 2 A…
Section 121AA — Information to help tenants decide whether to exercise right to buy etc.
Information to help tenants decide whether to exercise right to buy etc. 121AA 1 Every body which lets dwelling-houses in England under secure tenancies shall prepare a document that contains…
Section 121ZA — Restriction on exercising the right to buy in Wales
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Section 121B — Provision of information
Provision of information 121B 1 This section sets out when the document prepared by a body under section 121AA is to be published or otherwise made available. 2 The body shall— a publish the document…
Section 121ZB — Exceptions to restriction on exercising the right to buy in Wales
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Section 122 — Tenant’s notice claiming to exercise right to buy.
Tenant’s notice claiming to exercise right to buy. 122 1 A secure tenant claims to exercise the right to buy by written notice to that effect served on the landlord. 2 In this Part “ the relevant…
Section 122A — Applications to suspend the right to buy etc in parts of Wales: effect on claims to exercise the right
Applications to suspend the right to buy etc in parts of Wales: effect on claims to exercise the right 122A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Section 122B — Suspension of the right to buy in parts of Wales
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Section 123 — Claim to share right to buy with members of family.
Claim to share right to buy with members of family. 123 1 A secure tenant may in his notice under section 122 require that not more than three members of his family who are not joint tenants but…
Section 124 — Landlord’s notice admitting or denying right to buy.
Landlord’s notice admitting or denying right to buy. 124 1 Where a notice under section 122 (notice claiming to exercise right to buy) has been served by the tenant, the landlord shall, unless the…
Section 125 — Landlord’s notice of purchase price and other matters.
Landlord’s notice of purchase price and other matters. 125 1 Where a secure tenant has claimed to exercise the right to buy and that right has been established (whether by the landlord’s admission or…
Section 125A — Estimates and information about service charges.
Estimates and information about service charges. 125A 1 A landlord’s notice under section 125 shall state as regards service charges (excluding, in the case of a flat, charges to which subsection (2)…
Section 125B — Estimates and information about improvement contributions.
Estimates and information about improvement contributions. 125B 1 A landlord’s notice under section 125 given in respect of a flat shall, as regards improvement contributions, contain— a the…
Section 125C — Reference period for purposes of ss. 125A and 125B.
Reference period for purposes of ss. 125A and 125B. 125C 1 The reference period for the purposes of the estimates required by section 125A or 125B is the period— a beginning on such date not more…
Section 125D — Tenant’s notice of intention.
Tenant’s notice of intention. 125D 1 Where a notice under section 125 has been served on a secure tenant, he shall within the period specified in subsection (2) either— a serve a written notice on…
Section 125E — Landlord’s notice in default.
Landlord’s notice in default. 125E 1 The landlord may, at any time after the end of the period specified in section 125D(2) or, as the case may require, section 136(2), serve on the tenant a written…
Section 126 — Purchase price.
Purchase price. 126 1 The price payable for a dwelling-house on a conveyance or grant in pursuance of this Part is— a the amount which under section 127 is to be taken as its value at the relevant…
Section 127 — Value of dwelling-house.
Value of dwelling-house. 127 1 The value of a dwelling-house at the relevant time shall be taken to be the price which at that time it would realise if sold on the open market by a willing vendor— a…
Section 128 — Determination of value by district valuer.
Determination of value by district valuer. 128 1 Any question arising under this Part as to the value of a dwelling-house at the relevant time shall be determined by the district valuer in accordance…
Section 128A — Determination of value: review notices
Determination of value: review notices 128A 1 Subsection (2) applies if the value of a dwelling-house has been determined or re-determined under section 128 (“the section 128 determination”). 2 The…
Section 128B — Review of determination of value
Review of determination of value 128B 1 The district valuer must review the section 128 determination as soon as reasonably practicable after serving a review notice. 2 Subsection (3) applies if,…
Section 129 — Discount.
Discount. 129 1 Subject to the following provisions of this Part, a person exercising the right to buy is entitled to a discount of a percentage calculated by reference to the period which is to be…
Section 130 — Reduction of discount where previous discount given.
Reduction of discount where previous discount given. 130 1 There shall be deducted from the discount an amount equal to any previous discount qualifying, or the aggregate of previous discounts…
Section 131 — Limits on amount of discount
Limits on amount of discount 131 1 Except where the Secretary of State so determines, the discount shall not reduce the price below the amount which, in accordance with a determination made by him,…
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Section 136 — Change of secure tenant after notice claiming right to buy.
Change of secure tenant after notice claiming right to buy. 136 1 Where, after a secure tenant (“the former tenant”) has given a notice claiming the right to buy, another person (“the new tenant”)— a…
Section 137 — Change of landlord after notice claiming right to buy or right to a mortgage.
Change of landlord after notice claiming right to buy or right to a mortgage. 137 1 Where the interest of the landlord in the dwelling-house passes from the landlord to another body after a secure…
Section 138 — - Duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease.
- Duty of landlord to convey freehold or grant lease. 138 1 Where a secure tenant has claimed to exercise the right to buy and that right has been established, then, as soon as all matters relating…
Section 138A — Effect of initial demolition notice served before completion
Effect of initial demolition notice served before completion 138A 1 This section applies where— a an initial demolition notice is served on a secure tenant under Schedule 5A, and b the notice is…
Section 138B — Effect of final demolition notice served before completion
Effect of final demolition notice served before completion 138B 1 This section applies where— a a secure tenant has claimed to exercise the right to buy, but b before the landlord has made to the…
Section 138C — Compensation where demolition notice served
Compensation where demolition notice served 138C 1 This section applies where— a a secure tenant has claimed to exercise the right to buy, b before the landlord has made to the tenant such a grant as…
Section 139 — Terms and effect of conveyance or grant and mortgage.
Terms and effect of conveyance or grant and mortgage. 139 1 A conveyance of the freehold executed in pursuance of the right to buy shall conform with Parts I and II of Schedule 6; a grant of a lease…
Section 140 — Landlord’s first notice to complete.
Landlord’s first notice to complete. 140 1 The landlord may, subject to the provisions of this section, serve on the tenant at any time a written notice requiring him— a if all relevant matters have…
Section 141 — Landlord’s second notice to complete.
Landlord’s second notice to complete. 141 1 If the tenant does not comply with a notice under section 140 (landlord’s first notice to complete), the landlord may serve on him a further written…
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Section 142A — Termination of the right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms
Termination of the right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms 142A 1 As from the termination date, the right to acquire on rent to mortgage terms is not exercisable except in pursuance of a notice…
Section 145 — Tenant’s initial share.
Tenant’s initial share. 145 1 The tenant’s initial share in the dwelling-house shall be a multiple of the prescribed percentage and shall not be less than the minimum initial share. 2 The prescribed…
Section 146B — Landlord’s notice in default.
Landlord’s notice in default. 146B 1 The landlord may, at any time after the end of the period specified in section 146A(2), serve on the tenant a written notice— a requiring him, if he has failed to…
Section 151A — Redemption of landlord’s share.
Redemption of landlord’s share. 151A Schedule 6A (which makes provision for the redemption of the landlord’s share) shall have effect; and a conveyance of the freehold or a grant of a lease executed…
Section 152 — Landlord’s first notice to complete.
Landlord’s first notice to complete. 152 1 The landlord may, subject to the provisions of this section, serve on the tenant at any time a written notice requiring him— a if all relevant matters have…
Section 153 — Landlord’s second notice to complete.
Landlord’s second notice to complete. 153 1 If the tenant does not comply with a notice under section 152 (landlord’s first notice to complete), the landlord may serve on him a further written…
Section 153A — Tenant’s notices of delay.
Tenant’s notices of delay. 153A 1 Where a secure tenant has claimed to exercise the right to buy, he may serve on his landlord a notice (in this section referred to as an “initial notice of delay”)…
Section 153B — Payments of rent attributable to purchase price etc.
Payments of rent attributable to purchase price etc. 153B 1 Where a secure tenant has served on his landlord an operative notice of delay, this section applies to any payment of rent which is made on…