{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-extension-of-right-to-buy-order-1987/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-extension-of-right-to-buy-order-1987/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1732",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing (Extension of Right to Buy) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-extension-of-right-to-buy-order-1987",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Extension of the right to buy",
  "text": "(1) Where there are in a dwelling-house let on a secure tenancy one or more interests all of which are interests to which this article applies, and the dwelling-house is a house, Part V (the right to buy) has effect with the modifications specified in the Schedule to this Order being modifications to enable a secure tenant to acquire the freehold of the dwelling-house.\n(2) This article applies to an interest held by —\na local authority,\na new town corporation,\nan urban development corporation,\nthe Development Board for Rural Wales,\nthe Housing Corporation, or\na registered housing association, other than one excepted from the right to buy by Schedule 5, paragraph 1 (charities), 2 (co-operatives) or 3 (associations which have not received grant),\nwhich is immediately superior to the interest of the landlord or to another interest to which this article applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1732/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:19:42.666487+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}