The government is introducing a new Community ‘Right to Buy’, replacing the previous Right to Bid. At Locality we’ve been campaigning for this for nearly a decade, including through our cross-sector Localism Commission, our popular Save our Spaces campaign, and our recent Locality Manifesto.
The new power gives communities the right of first refusal once important local buildings and spaces come up for sale, if they have already been registered as an Asset of Community Value.
This new right will make it easier for communities to take valued community assets like local buildings and spaces into community ownership. Read more about the new right. We are campaigning for more funding to help communities take advantage of this new right.
As the national experts in community ownership, Locality has advice, tools and training to help local people and local authorities with every step of transferring buildings and spaces into community ownership.