# The Housing (Extension of Right to Buy) Order 1993, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order modifies Part V of the Housing Act 1985 (the right to buy) so as to extend the right of a secure tenant to buy the freehold of his dwelling-house to cases where—
(a) the dwelling-house is a house (i.e. not a flat),
(b) the secure tenant’s landlord has a lease of the dwelling-house, and
(c) the freeholder and each intermediate landlord (should there be any) is an authority or body mentioned in article 3(2).
The Order consolidates two previous Extension of Right to Buy Orders and takes account of the amendments made to Part V of the Housing Act 1985 by the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993. In particular, under the Order a secure tenant has the right to acquire his dwelling-house on rent to mortgage terms, but the right to a mortgage and the right to defer completion are no longer available. The Order is subject to the transitional provision in article 6.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2240/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-extension-of-right-to-buy-order-1993/note
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