The Housing (Right to Buy) (Prescribed Persons) Order 1992
Part V of the Housing Act 1985 (“the Act”) provides for the right to buy. Qualification for the right to buy, entitlement to discount and the taking into account of any previous discount is affected by periods spent with or previous discount given by landlords who are public sector landlords. Section 130 of the Act requires discount obtained on a previous purchase from a public sector landlord, or from a person prescribed by Order under that section, to be taken into account in calculating discount on a later purchase under the right to buy.