This document establishes the specific regulatory framework governing mortgage limits for the Right to Buy scheme in the United Kingdom as of 1980. The regulations were issued by the British government to define the financial parameters under which public housing tenants could exercise their statutory right to purchase their homes. It serves as a foundational legal instrument for the implementation of housing privatization policies during that period.

Legal scholars and policy historians view this document as a primary source for understanding the mechanics of 1980s British housing reform. Readers frequently note the technical density of the prose, which is typical of statutory instruments from this era.