Carmarthenshire County Council has become the first Welsh authroituy to suspend its Right to Buy scheme.

The Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 allows local authorities to apply for permission to suspend the Right to Buy and Right to Acquire locally to help tackle housing pressures. Carmarthenshire Council was the first local authority to ask the Welsh Government to suspend of Right to Buy and, today, the Communities and Tackling Poverty Minister, Lesley Griffiths, approved Carmarthenshire’s application.


Leader of Carmarthenshire County Council, Cllr Kevin Madge, said: "We very much welcome this decision by the Minister, which will help alleviate the demand on our housing register and support our vision to make more good quality homes available for local people.

"We also welcome other measures that Welsh Government is seeking to introduce to further protect much needed affordable housing across Wales, and we are very proud that here in Carmarthenshire we are leading the way."

The Minister also announced that the Welsh Government has published a White Paper setting out its intention to end Right to Buy and Right to Acquire across Wales.

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