The legal right for Welsh council tenants to buy their homes at a substantial discount has come to an end.

The Right to Buy was first introduced by Margaret Thatcher’s government almost 40 years ago and since then more than 139,000 council homes have been sold in Wales.

The Welsh Government scrapped the RTB last January, but deferred the ban for 12 months to give tenants a last chance to become homeowners. Would be purchasers had to submit an application by the 26 January cut-off date to qualify.

By Patrick Mooney, editor