20% of respondents approved of the proposal as it stood.

76% wanted to see greater relaxation than proposed вЂ“ either through a 5-year time limit for all receipts (52%), no time limit at all (18%) or in some other way.

There were 191 responses to this question. Question 1: We would welcome your views on extending the time limit for spending Right to Buy receipts from 3 years to 5 years for existing receipts but keeping the 3-year deadline for future receipts. Timeframe for spending Right to Buy receipts Options for reforming the rules around the use of Right to Buy receipts 1. As such, the number (and percentage) of answers to the questions often differ from the total number of responses received. Some respondents did not answer every question. Trade association / interest group / voluntary or charitable organisationДЎ3. Private sector organisation (including housebuilders, housing associations, businesses, consultants) Local authority (including National Parks, the Broads Authority, the Greater London Authority and London Boroughs) The table below sets out a breakdown of the type of respondent. We received a total of 198 responses to the consultation.ДЎ1.Д—0% of these came from local authorities, 14% came from individuals, 12% from interest groups of various kinds, including armвЂ™s-length management organisations, and 4% from private companies.ДЎ2. This document provides a factual report of responses and does not attempt to capture every point made by every correspondent.ДЁ.Дњopies of this document are available from the MHCLG website.Д©.Дћnquiries about this document should be addressed to: Summary of responses receivedДЎ0. On 17 November 2020, the government published the Social housing white paper.Д§.Дљll responses to the consultation have been analysed and considered fully, and we are grateful to all the local authorities, organisations and individuals who responded. In December 2020, that deadline was extended by a further 3 months, to the end of March 2021. In June 2020, in response to concerns raised by local authorities about the difficulties of spending Right to Buy receipts within the permitted 3 years in the context of COVID-19, the government announced a 6-month extension of the June expenditure deadline to December 2020. The proposals set out in the consultation and some of the responses received reflect the position before the cap was lifted.Д¦. The Housing Revenue Account cap had been a key barrier to delivery for many authorities and its removal would support the delivery of more council homes. The consultation closed on 9 October 2018.ДҐ.Дќuring the consultation period it was announced that the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap would be abolished in full, with effect from the Budget in November 2018. Whether to change the target for the replacement of homes sold under Right to Buy to better reflect the wider supply of affordable homesД¤.

Offering local authorities greater flexibilities in how they can use their Right to Buy receipts to deliver replacement homes The consultation focused on the following areas in particular:

On 14 August 2018, alongside the Green Paper: A New Deal for Social Housing, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) published a consultation on how local authorities could use the receipts they obtained from sales of council housing under the Right to Buy to deliver replacement homes, and how those replacements were measured.ДЈ.

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