If you are a Secure Tenant you may be able to buy your home under the Right to Buy (RTB) scheme.

Please note that once the RTB1 has been submitted, we will only carry out emergency or structural repairs to the property.

 

– Buying your Council home

The RTB is a government run scheme that allows some tenants to purchase the property that they rent from the Council. Eligible tenants can receive a discount of up to £26,000 off the market value. (This discount maybe subject to change and applied at the start of a new financial year in April.)

– Discounts at 35% if you live in a house

You get a 35% discount if you’ve been a public sector tenant for between 3 and 5 years. After 5 years, the discount goes up 1% for every extra year you’ve been a public sector tenant up to the maximum discount amount. The maximum discount is £26,000.00.

– Discounts start at 50% if you live in a flat

You get a 50% discount if you’ve been a public sector tenant for between 3 and 5 years. After 5 years, the discount goes up 2% for every extra year you’ve been a public sector tenant, up to the maximum discount amount. The maximum discount is £26,000.00.

– If you applied to buy your home before 21 November 2024

The maximum discount you can get is whichever of the following is lower:

  • 70% of the value of your property
  • £102,400
– Before applying for RTB

We recommend that you read the following:
– Right to Buy summary booklet
– Right to Buy guide
– Right to Buy FAQs (pdf 162 kB) (pdf 162 kB)
– Guide for completing the Right to Buy application form (pdf 181 kB) (pdf 181 kB)

–  When applying for a RTB, please complete:

 

– Applying for RTB

Download and print a RTB form (pdf 449 kB) (pdf 449 kB) and a supporting evidence form (pdf 208 kB) (pdf 208 kB)

To enable us to process your application, please use the Right to Buy checklist to ensure you have completed the RTB1 form in full and have all the required supporting evidence.

If there is any missing information or Solihull MBC require further supporting evidence, we will contact you as soon as possible. If there are any delays in providing the information, you must be aware that this could result in delays processing your application.

You can return your RTB1 form and Supporting Evidence to a Solihull Connect office. Or post it to:

Right to Buy
Rent Control
Endeavour House
Freepost RLSS-UEBA-RTUZ
Meriden Drive, Kingshurst
Solihull B37 6BX

 

Please note that we have 4 weeks from receipt of application or 8 weeks if you have been with SMBC for less than 3 years. To acknowledge and progress your RTB to the next stage. Once your claim has moved to stage 2, or RTB2, we will then have 8 weeks to send you an offer letter if the property is not leasehold, or 12 weeks if the property is leasehold.