The Act has been subject to a number of criticisms by those opposed to the loss of social housing promoted, the extension of right-to-buy to housing associations and possible work disincentives under "Pay to Stay".

[2] The Housing and Planning Bill was introduced on 13 October 2015 by Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the Rt Hon Greg Clark MP.

[7] The Public Accounts Committee have criticised the lack of detail on the policy of extending right-to-buy to housing association tenants.

Usually a section 21 notice would need to be served on a tenant in order to take control of a property.

Giles Peaker, a partner at Anthony Gold solicitors has argued that the "proposed clauses on tenure and on abandonment are badly drafted and in legal terms, a mess".