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  3. Right to Buy: Buying your council home

Right to Buy: Buying your council home

In this section

  1. Things to Consider Before Buying Your Home
  2. Right to Buy Exclusions
  3. Buying a flat
  4. You are here: How to Apply for the Right to Buy
  5. Get help to buy a home on the open market
  6. Selling your property in the future

How to Apply for the Right to Buy

If you would like to apply for the Right to Buy, the link below takes you to the Government's dedicated Right to Buy website which will enable you to download an application form and will also guide you through the claim process.

Once you have completed the application form, please send it to:

Right to Buy Administration
Floor 2C, Riverside House
Main Street
Rotherham
S60 1AE

Download the application form and find out more on the Right to Buy - GOV.UK

Alternatively, you can email us at: RightToBuy@rotherham.gov.uk 

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