Right to Buy Form Lambeth

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Notice Claiming the Right to Buy

This notice is or use by certain secure tenants o local authorities, and o

certain housing associations and other bodies, who wish to claim the right to

buy their homes.

Beore lling in each part o this notice please read the notes relating to thatpart and the inormation pack which should have been provided by your

landlord.

You may also nd it helpul to read the Government booklet Your Right to

Buy Your Home. You can get a copy rom your landlord or a Citizens Advice

Bureau or by writing to Communities and Local Government Publications,

PO Box No 236, Wetherby, West Yorkshire, LS3 7NB.

I you need urther advice you can get help rom a Citizens Advice Bureau or

you can consult a solicitor. Help with the cost o advice rom a solicitor may

be available under the Legal Aid Scheme.

When you have flled in this notice, take it or send it by recorded delivery

to your landlord. I you take it by hand, ask or a receipt. Keep a copy o

the completed notice yoursel.

Form RTB1

Published by the Department for Communities and Local Government

© Crown Copyright 2007

Reprinted in the UK September 2007



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Part A: The property

Give the ollowing details:

Address o the property you wish to buy

(including postcode) Name o your landlord

Note

You can only claim the right to buy the property o which you are a tenant. It does not matter whether it is a

house or a bungalow, a fat or a maisonette – the right to buy can still apply.

Part B: The tenant(s)

Give the ollowing details or each tenant o the property:

Is the property the

tenant’s only or

principal home?

Does he or she

wish to buy?

Surname Other names Title Please tick appropriate box

Yes No Yes No

Yes No Yes No

Yes No Yes No

Yes No Yes No

Notes

1. You may be a tenant i your name appears on the tenancy agreement, rent book or rent card. I you are

unsure whether you are a tenant, you should check with your landlord.

2. You can only claim the right to buy i the property is your only or principal home. I you are applying to

buy jointly with other tenants, only one tenant need satisy this requirement.

3. The agreement o any tenant who does not wish to buy must be obtained beore you claim the right to

buy. They should sign Part G o this notice. Their tenancy will end when you buy the property.



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Part C: Family member(s) sharing the right to buy

I you wish to share the right to buy with any amily member who is not a tenant, give their details below:

Is the property the

amily member’s only

or principal home?

Has he or she lived

with the tenant

throughout the last

12 months?


Yes No Yes No

Relationship to tenant


Yes No Yes No



Yes No Yes No


Notes

1. You may share the right to buy with up to three amily members who are not themselves tenants, i the

property is their only or principal home. Unless your landlord agrees otherwise, the amily members

must also:

• beyourhusband,wifeorcivilpartner;or

• havelivedwithyouthroughoutthelast12months.

2. A person who lives with you:

• asyourhusbandorwifebutwhoisnotmarriedtoyou;or

• asifyouwerecivilpartnersbutwhoisnotyourregisteredcivilpartner,

is regarded as a amily member.

I you are unsure whether someone qualies as a amily member or this purpose, you should check with yourlandlord.



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Part D: Qualifcation and discount

Please read these notes beore flling in the table(s) on pages 5–9.

1. I you were a public sector tenant beore 18 January 2005, you must have been a tenant or a qualiying

period o at least two complete years to be eligible to buy your home. You are then also eligible or a

discount. Yourdiscountcannotbegreaterthanthemaximumdiscountfortheareainwhichyoulive;see

the booklet Your Right to Buy Your Home. However, subject to that limit, your discount is 32 per cent i youare a tenant o a house, and 44 per cent i you are a tenant o a fat, plus any extra discount or additional

complete years as a public sector tenant. I you are buying a house, you are eligible or one per cent more

discount or each additional complete year, up to a maximum limit o 60 per cent. I you are buying a fat,

you are eligible or two per cent more discount or each additional complete year, up to a maximum limit

o 70 per cent.

2. I you became a public sector tenant or the frst time on or ater 18 January 2005 , you must have

been a tenant or a qualiying period o at least ve years to be eligible to buy your home. You are then

also eligible or discount. Your discount cannot be greater than the maximum discount or the area in

whichyoulive;seethebookletYour Right to Buy your Home. However, subject to that limit, your discountis thirty ve per cent i you are a tenant o a house, and ty per cent i you are a tenant o a fat, plus

any extra discount or additional complete years as a public sector tenant. I you are buying a house, you

are eligible or one per cent more discount or each additional complete year, up to a maximum limit o

sixty per cent. I you are buying a fat, you are eligible or two per cent more discount or each additional

complete year, up to a maximum limit o seventy per cent.

3. You need not have spent the ull qualiying period in your present home or with your present landlord,

and in some circumstances periods which another person (such as your husband, wie or civil partner) has

spent as a public sector tenant or armed orces occupier can count towards your qualiying period.

A public sector tenant is a tenant o one o the public sector landlords listed at the end o this orm

who occupies the property as their only or principal home. This may include an employee living in

accommodation provided in connection with their job.

An armed orces occupier is a person who occupies accommodation provided or them as a member

o the regular armed orces o the Crown.



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1. Present and previous tenancies

This section must be completed by each tenant o this property who wishes to be included in this right to buy

application. Each tenant applying jointly should fll in a purchaser’s name box and add the relevant details.

Please give details:

• ofyourpresenttenancyoftheproperty

• inrelationtoanyperiodsinthepastwhenyouwereapublicsectortenantoranarmedforcesoccupier.

Purchaser’s name:

Period Name o tenant(s)(or member o armed orces)

Address o property(not required or armedorces accommodation)

Name o landlord(or branch o armed orces)

rommonth/year

tomonth/year

Purchaser’s name:

Purchaser’s name:



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2. I you are married or a civil partner and you are living with your husband, wie or civil partner.

Please give details in relation to any periods when your husband, wie or civil partner:

• waspreviouslyapublicsectortenantoranarmedforcesoccupier

• waspreviouslymarriedtoanotherpersonorpreviouslyhadadifferentcivilpartnerandlivedina

property o which that person was a public sector tenant or an armed orces occupier.

But these details should only be completed i you are a tenant o this property and you wish to be included in

this right to buy application.

Each tenant applying jointly should ll in a purchaser’s name box and add the relevant details.

Purchaser’s name:




rommonth/year

tomonth/year

Purchaser’s name:

Purchaser’s name:



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3. I you are separated, divorced or your civil partnership has been dissolved.

Please give details in relation to any periods when you were living in a property o which your separated or

ormer husband, wie or civil partner was a public sector tenant or an armed orces occupier.

But these details should only be completed i you are a tenant o this property and wish to be included in

this right to buy application. Each tenant applying jointly should ll in a purchaser’s name box and add the

relevant details.

Purchaser’s name:




rommonth/year

tomonth/year

Purchaser’s name:

Purchaser’s name:



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4. I your husband, wie or civil partner has died and you were living together when he or she died.

Please give details in relation to any periods when your deceased husband, wie or civil partner:

• wasapublicsectortenantoranarmedforcesoccupier

• waspreviouslymarriedtoanotherpersonorpreviouslyhadadifferentcivilpartnerandlivedina

property o which that person was a public sector tenant or an armed orces occupier.



relevant details.

Purchaser’s name:




rommonth/year

tomonth/year

Purchaser’s name:

Purchaser’s name:



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5. Tenants who have taken over a public sector tenancy rom a parent.

A tenant who has taken over a parent’s public sector tenancy may be able to count, or qualication and

discount, periods ater the age o 16 living in a property o which a parent was a public sector tenant.

I this heading applies to you, give details in relation to any periods when:

• youwereovertheageof16andlivingwithaparentwhowasapublicsectortenant

• apersontowhomyouareorweremarried,orwhoisorwasyourcivilpartner,wasovertheageof16and living with a parent who was a public sector tenant

• apersonwho:

– waspreviouslymarriedtoyourhusband,wifeorcivilpartner;or

– previously had a civil partnership with your husband, wie or civil partner,

was over the age o 16 and living with a parent who was a public sector tenant.



relevant details.

Purchaser’s name:




rommonth/year

tomonth/year

Purchaser’s name:

Purchaser’s name:



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Part E: Previous discount

Give details below o any previous purchase, at a discount, rom a public sector landlord (see the list o public

sector landlords at the end o this orm) which you or your husband, wie or civil partner, or deceased husband,

wie or civil partner, have made. I you are applying to buy jointly with others, give details in relation to each

purchaser.

Address o property Name o public sector landlordDate o purchase(month/year)

Name o previous purchaser

Address o property Name o public sector landlord

Date o purchase

(month/year)

Name o previous purchaser

Note

The amount o any discount on a previous purchase rom a public sector landlord, less any sum later repaid,

may be deducted rom the discount allowed on your present purchase.



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Part F: Tenants’ improvements

Give the ollowing details o any tenants’ improvements to the property:

Description o improvements Name o tenant who made the improvement

Notes

1. When the property is valued to x the price, any improvements which you have made will not be

included in the valuation. You should give details o any improvements which you think may aect the

valuation, eg central heating, double glazing, a tted kitchen or a new bathroom suite.

2. The value o improvements will also be ignored where they were carried out by either:

• yourpredecessorinthesametenancy(includinganintroductorytenancyatthestartofthetenancy);

or

• afamilymemberwhowasasecureorintroductorytenantofthepropertyimmediatelybeforeyouunder

a dierent tenancy.

I you are unsure whether someone qualies as a amily member or this purpose you should check with yourlandlord.



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Part G: Signatures

Warning: I you give alse inormation or withhold relevant inormation you may be prosecuted.

To be completed by each tenant wishing to buy:

• Iclaimtherighttobuy

• AsfarasIknow,theinformationgiveninthisnoticeistrue

Signature Surname Other names Date o birth

Date Daytime telephone number (i any)









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To be completed by each amily member (who is not a tenant) sharing the right to buy:

• Iagreetosharetherighttobuy

• AsfarasIknowtheinformationgiveninthisnoticeistrue

Signature Surname Other names Date

To be completed by each tenant not wishing to buy:

(Your tenancy will end i the purchase goes ahead)

• Idonotwishtoclaimtherighttobuy

• Iagreetotheabovepurchaser(s)exercisingtherighttobuy

Signature Surname Other names Date



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Community councils

Local authorities

New town corporations

Parish councils

Urban Development Corporations

Housing Action Trusts

Registered Social Landlords (but not co-operative

housing associations)

Government departments

Ministers o the Crown

Secretary o State (in some circumstances)

Area electricity boards

Fire and rescue authorities

Internal drainage boards

National Health Service trusts and oundation trusts

Passenger transport executives

Police authorities

Water authorities

AFRC Institute or Grassland and Animal Production

Agricultural and Food Research Council

British Airports Authority

British Broadcasting Corporation

British Coal Corporation

British Gas Corporation

British Railways Board

British Steel Corporation

British Waterways BoardCentral Electricity Generating Board

Church Commissioners

What happens next?

Public sector landlords (see Parts D and E)

Your landlord must reply to your claim by either

admitting or denying the right to buy. I the right to

buy is denied, reasons must be given. Your landlord

has our weeks to reply unless the period on which

you rely to qualiy or the right to buy includes a

period spent as a tenant o another landlord. In thatcase your landlord must reply within eight weeks.

Ater admitting your right to buy, your landlord must

notiy you o the proposed terms o sale, including

the purchase price. At that stage you must decide

whether to go ahead with the right to buy or to

withdraw your application.

This notice does not commit you to buying the

property. You may withdraw at any time beore

completion by notiying your landlord in writing.



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Civil Aviation Authority

Coal Authority

Electricity Council

English Sports Council

Environment Agency

Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission

or England

Housing Corporation

Lake District Special Planning Board

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

Medical Research Council

National Bus Company

Natural England (in some circumstances)

Natural Environment Research Council

Peak Park Joint Planning Board

Post Oce

Science and Engineering Research Council

Sports Council

Transport or London

Trinity House (in some circumstances)

United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority

United Kingdom Sports Council

In Wales

Countryside Council or Wales

National Assembly or Wales (in some

circumstances)

National Library o Wales National Museum o Wales

Sports Council or Wales

In Scotland

Councils

Development Corporations

Housing Associations (in some circumstances)

Water authorities

Commissioners o Northern Lighthouses

Highlands and Islands Enterprise North o Scotland Hydro-Electric Board

Scottish Homes

Scottish Natural Heritage

Scottish Sports Council

South o Scotland Electricity Board

In Northern Ireland

District Councils

Education and Library Boards

Registered housing associations

Fire Authority or Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland Electricity Service

Northern Ireland Housing Executive

Northern Ireland Policing Board

Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company

Sports Council or Northern Ireland

In respect o housing co-operative agreements

In England and Wales, a local housing authority,

new town corporation or the Development Board or

Rural Wales. In Scotland, a local housing authority.

And any predecessor o these landlords.

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