If you’re a housing association tenant in England you could be eligible to buy the home you rent at a discount of between £9,000 and £16,000 on the price of your home. The amount of discount you’ll get depends on where you live.

You can apply to buy your housing association home if you’ve had a public sector landlord for 3 years or more. These landlords include :

• housing associations
• councils
• the armed services
• NHS trusts and foundation trusts

In addition, your property must either have been :

• built or bought by a housing association after 31 March 1997 and funded through a social housing grant provided by the Housing Corporation or local council
• transferred from a local council to a housing association after 31 March 1997

You can’t use Right to Acquire if :

• you’re being made bankrupt
• a court has ordered you to leave your home
• you’re a council tenant – you may be able to use Right to Buy instead
• you have ‘Preserved Right to Buy’