Seven out of 10 want to keep the right to buy | Archive Titles

Question 1:
Under current legislation, some local authority tenants have the right to buy their homes at a discounted price. How strongly do you agree or disagree that local authority tenants should continue to have the right to buy their home under this legislation?*
	Agree	Disagree
Overall	71%	20%
Response by region
North	78%	16%
Midlands	72%	21%
South	65%	23%
Response by Tenure
Owner-occupiers	67%	24%
Private renters	70%	20%
Other tenures	81%	13%
* Where figures do not total 100% the remainder is composed of responses of neither agree nor disagree

Question 2:
question 2: How strongly do you agree or disagree that the right-to-buy legislation should be extended to allow housing association tenants to buy their home?*
	Agree	Disagree
Overall	62%	22%
Response by region
North	67%	17%
Midlands	58%	25%
South	60%	25%
Response by Tenure
Owner-occupiers	55%	29%
Private renters	67%	15%
Other tenures	75%	12%
* Where figures do not total 100% the remainder is composed of responses of neither agree nor disagree