home ownership
Right to Buy
The Right to Buy scheme administered by our Home Sales team allows some tenants to buy their council homes at a discounted rate.
Currently, the maximum discount for properties in the borough is capped at £16,000 although the Government is intending to increase the discount available under the Right to Buy scheme. You can find out more about these proposals, which are part of the Government's Housing Strategy 2011, on the Communities and Local Government website at: www.communities.gov.uk/publications/housing/housingstrategy2011
To find out how the scheme works and if you are eligible to apply, contact the Home Sales team on 020 8489 3357 or 020 8489 3231 or email: right2buy@homesforharingey.org
Warning!
There are private companies and individuals who offer to help tenants to buy their homes. But you may not get good advice from them and could end up becoming homeless. We are here to help you and our advice costs nothing.
Sometimes companies or individuals offer tenants money if the tenants agree to a deal where the company ends up owning the property. If you enter into this type of agreement before you buy your property, you will have to repay your discount as soon as you buy it.
Please think very carefully before using one of these companies or individuals. Do not sign anything that you are not entirely clear about or happy with.
Some tenants have become homeless after agreeing to deals like this. It is very important that you get independent legal advice from your own solicitor or the Citizens Advice Bureau, before you do anything.
If you would like an application pack or have any queries about the scheme, please contact the Home Sales team.
The Home Sales team
8th Floor, Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, N22 7TR.
Tel: 020 8489 3231 or 020 8489 3357
Email: right2buy@homesforharingey.org
You can also read our Right to Buy service standards 
Download a Right to Buy application form
Transferable Discount Scheme
The Transferable Discount Scheme can help Haringey Council tenants who wouldn’t normally be able to buy a property to get a grant to buy a house or flat on the open market, in return for giving possession of their empty council property back to the Council. This way the scheme helps create more vacant properties that can then be let to homeless families currently on the housing waiting list.
We make grants available on a first-come, first-served basis. So you must be quick to apply and not everyone will be able to get a grant as the money available is limited. The scheme is run by Homes for Haringey's Home Ownership team.
For an application pack and to find out more about the Transferable Discount Scheme contact the Home Ownership team:
Address: Home Ownership team, 13-27 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 6UW
Tel: 020 8489 3357
Fax: 020 8489 1998
Email: tds@homesforharingey.org
For more information on other options for low cost home ownership including the Homebuy scheme visit the Haringey Council website.
Back to the topShared ownership
Shared ownership is a home-buying scheme which enables you to buy a share of a property and pay rent on the remaining share you do not own. If you wish, you can buy further shares of the property as and when you can afford it, until you own the entire property.
Find out more about shared ownership in Haringey
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