Can I buy my Citizen home?

If you’re a Citizen tenant, you might have considered buying your home from us. There are four schemes that can help you buy your home from us, so you’ll need to qualify for one of them.

• Preserved Right to Buy
• Right to Buy
• Right to Acquire
• Right to Shared Ownership
  
  

If you’d like to find out more or request an application form, please email our Right to Buy team at rtb@citizenhousing.org.uk with your full name and address, or contact us via My Account.

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You may be able to use the Preserved Right to Buy scheme if you used to be a council tenant who transferred to a housing association that later became Citizen, (for example, Whitefriars housing association).

The Right to Buy schemes allows tenants to buy their homes at a lower price than the full market value, because the length of time they’ve spent as a tenant entitles them to a discount.

A small number of our secure tenancies have a clause that allows for the Right to Buy Scheme. Check your tenancy agreement to find out more, or contact us if you do not have a copy or would like to find out more.

You might be able to use the Right to Acquire scheme if you have an assured tenancy in a home built with a social housing grant, or your home was previously owned by the council and then transferred to Citizen.

What is shared ownership?

When you buy a flat or apartment in a shared block, you become a leaseholder.

Being a leaseholder has different rights, responsibilities and costs compared to being a tenant, so make sure you’ve investigated this before you apply.

Our Leaseholder Handbook has lots of vital information about becoming a leaseholder.

• Download our Leaseholder Handbook [PDF]

You can also take a look at our Leaseholder information.

Visit our Leaseholder information

• Leasehold Advisory Service
• HM Land Registry on GOV.uk
• Right to Acquire on GOV.uk
• Right to Buy on GOV.uk
• Right to Shared Ownership on GOV.uk