Part 4: Social Housing in England Chapter 1: Implementing the Right to Buy on a Voluntary Basis Funding of discounts offered to tenants Section 64: Grants by Secretary of State
This section enables the Secretary of State to pay grant to private registered providers to cover the cost of a discount awarded to the tenant of a provider when buying their home from that provider.
	The effect of this section is to enable the Secretary of State to pay for the cost of the discount when a tenant of a private registered provider applies to buy their home under the terms of a voluntary agreement between the Secretary of State and the private registered provider sector.
	The section sign‐posts the ability of the Secretary of State to direct the Homes and Communities Agency to make grants under the Agency’s power in section 19 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.