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A great question on shared ownership buybacks… and a Government response that completely sidesteps the issue. #SharedOwnership 🖇️ Read it here: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

🔴 BUYBACKS An excellent question from @ruthcadbury.bsky.social ❌ Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social responds… but not to the question asked. Instead, we get a copy-paste statement that will infuriate many shared owners. 🖇️ Link in next post

❌ Government isn’t monitoring how many shared owners can’t sell or remortgage due to the building safety crisis, points to a 3‑year-old “pledge” few lenders follow, and say they won’t “help” further. @nonqualifyinglh.bsky.social questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

These are vital questions. Every day, we receive new emails from shared owners whose lives have been torn apart by the building safety crisis. 🚫 The response from Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social is particularly shocking. 🖇️ Link in next post.

A national remediation programme that neither makes buildings safe or reduces costs for residents might as well not happen at all peteapps.substack.com/p/pas-wars-h...

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Will there be meaningful change on the key issues of non-cladding defects, non-qualifying leaseholders, extortionate buildings insurance or shared ownership buybacks in 2026? We aren’t holding our breath. #BuildingSafetyCrisis

"After watching what unfolded after Grenfell, with young people caught in starter homes they can’t sell while facing huge bills, why would anyone in their right mind want to buy a flat in a block?" ✍️ @vickyspratt.bsky.social inews.co.uk/opinion/ghos...

📢 SHARED OWNERS Issues with resales, staircasing, lease extensions, subletting, valuations, or anything else? 👉 Write to the Government. Use their online form ⤵️ www.gov.uk/guidance/con...

You can read the written evidence submitted to the Housing Committee on their website. committees.parliament.uk/work/9247/af...

A shared owner wrote to the Committee about the financial & emotional impact of trying to sell their flat. 🖋️ "This case is not unique. It highlights systemic failings within shared ownership." @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social shared owners need buybacks and a statutory right to exit the scheme.

❌ Serious fire risks assessed as being "tolerable", homes left half-safe at best. ❌ The Government deflects to industry, flats remain unsellable, leaseholders are still trapped. The merry-go-round of buck-passing continues. #BuildingSafetyCrisis www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Are underperformed heat networks poised to become the next cladding crisis for leaseholders? New govt rules will require upgrades to tens of thousands of systems... but residents will pay: www.thetimes.com/article/d81f...

1️⃣ year today since the "Remediation Acceleration Plan" announcement. The only "change" leaseholders have seen is a new Housing Secretary and Minister for Building Safety. MHCLG are still dragging their feet. Labour are still far from keeping their manifesto promises. #BuildingSafetyCrisis

🆕 HoL Committee report on Building Safety Regulator Residents waiting for remediation are all too aware of how developers are weaponising Labour’s commitment to build 1.5m homes by creating a false dilemma between safety & meeting targets for newbuilds. committees.parliament.uk/work/9196/th...

🗨️ “It’s really stressful, it’s really upsetting. It’s now been six years and I’ve lost track of how many times we’ve been told that it’s progressing or it’s moving along and still nothing’s happened." #BuildingSafetyCrisis www.bigissue.com/news/housing...

Despite strong rhetoric in opposition, Labour’s commitment to building safety is increasingly in doubt. This drift typifies Labour’s approach so far: governing by targets rather than delivering the change voters expected. #BuildingSafetyCrisis www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...

Southern Housing has released a video mocking people who are sceptical of shared ownership. Given their own track record, it’s a staggering decision. #SouthernHousing #SharedOwnership #HousingSector #TenantVoice #ResidentVoice #SocialHousing #HousingCrisis #Accountability

Southern Housing’s shared ownership video mocking sceptical residents shows how far the disconnect has gone. The Ombudsman is slow, the regulator has lost its bite, but residents are speaking out for themselves. housingsector.co.uk/blog/the-truth-is-out-there-here-there-and-everywhere

Today we met with Building Safety Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social We requested: 👉 better information on gov.uk for shared owners impacted by the building safety crisis 👉 a rethink of the RICS valuation system for resales 👉 a buyback scheme for unsellable flats.

🚨 Shared owners 🚨 What changes do you want to see❔ Buybacks❔ Affordable service charges❔ Something else❔ Today is your LAST CHANCE to tell Committee MPs in a short survey. Results will feed into their report to the Govt. 🗓️ Deadline: 29/11 🔗 forms.office.com/e/kA1tD0R1Me

🚫 Too many shared owners are trapped in homes they can no longer afford, with no viable exit route. Grateful to Select Committee Chair Florence Eshalomi for asking Housing Secretary Steve Reed MP about the long-term affordability of shared ownership. #UKhousing #SharedOwnership

🗨️ Baroness Thornhill: "I was obviously aware of the issues around shared ownership, but what shocked me was the actual costs incurred and the amounts of money lost" Why is shared ownership marketed as affordable housing? Where is the evidence?

🗣️ "I found 43 issues in ten minutes, doors don’t fit in frames properly, seals are coming out and door closers are not powerful enough to keep doors closed when it is windy" ❌ No oversight. No enforcement. No grip. Change? What change? www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/2560452...

🗨️ "They really are the raw end of the market. They get a raw deal in many different ways" Baroness Thornhill is right. ❌ Far too many shared owners are trapped in properties they can't sell and can no longer afford. 👉 It is time for the Government to fund buybacks.

🚨 Association of Mortgage Intermediaries warning about shared ownership: "While the model is designed to reduce entry costs by allowing buyers to purchase a share of a property and pay rent on the remainder, the overall affordability is often questionable." #mortgages #SharedOwnership

You can read the written evidence submitted to the Committee on their website. There is a stark contrast between what registered providers and their representatives say about the shared ownership scheme and the lived experience of shared owners. committees.parliament.uk/work/9247/af...

🖋️ "Shared Ownership, as it currently exists, is not a genuinely affordable or secure route to home ownership. It has been marketed as a stepping stone but has in practice become a trap for many people like me." Written evidence submitted to the Housing Committee.

Affordability of Home Ownership inquiry 🆕 Our written evidence to the House of Commons Housing Committee inquiry has been published. #SharedOwnership committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...

Shared owners who sublet will not be penalised if their sale falls through. But the Govt must do more to help victims of the building safety crisis. This should include changes to unfair RICS valuation rules and funding for buybacks of unsaleable flats. www.insidehousing.co.uk/home/shared-...

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"If you don't get access tomorrow, just put it up on a plain bit of wall, take a picture, it's done... I'm trying to help you hit your targets" Deeply disturbing audio recorded by a Clarion employee and leaked to Sky News: news.sky.com/story/dont-t...

We look forward to meeting Steve Reed MP and @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social today. Much more needs to be done to support shared owners trapped in the building safety crisis.

We're meeting Steve Reed MP and @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social today. The last 15 months have seen no real progress. Accelerating remediation means little without resolving the issues. Their plans will do nothing to help people any time soon. Labour must do much more to keep its promises.

🆕 BREAKING NEWS We won❗🎉 The Government has finally accepted Lord Young's amendment to the Renters' Rights Bill. Shared owners who are accidental landlords will be exempt from the 12-month ban on reletting if their sale falls through. #BuildingSafetyCrisis

🗓️ The Renters' Rights Bill will be back in the House of Lords on 14 October. Lord Young of Cookham has again tabled an amendment to protect shared owners who are accidental landlords because of the building safety crisis. This is what the Minister said in Parliament last month.

🗨️ @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social "I’m giving an incredible amount of thought to how we improve the experience for shared owners." Will existing shared owners benefit, or will they be left behind❓ 🚨 Too many can't sell and can't afford their service charge. www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/news/ho...

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This is the reality for Leaseholders ➡️We are not seeing 👀 change ➡️We are not feeling change Leaseholders have waited long enough 5 MILLION leaseholders will judge @teamlabouruk.bsky.social by their actions, not their words ⛓️LEASEHOLDERS REMAIN TRAPPED #Lab25 #Leasehold

📢 SHARED OWNERS ❓ Issues with resales, staircasing, lease extensions, subletting, valuations, or anything else? 👉 Write to the Government. Use their online form ⤵️ www.gov.uk/guidance/con...

🔴 VALUATIONS @libdemdaisy.bsky.social asked the Govt whether staircasing valuations can be appealed with evidence of significant variations between RICS valuations and actual sale prices of similar properties. #SharedOwnership Answer here ⤵️ questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

📢 SHARED OWNERS ❓ Issues with resales, staircasing, lease extensions, subletting, valuations, or anything else? 👉 Write to the Government. Use their online form ⤵️ www.gov.uk/guidance/con...

❌ Unfortunately, the Minister REJECTED an amendment to protect shared owners who are accidental landlords. 👉 We've repeatedly warned the Government: some shared owners will lose their home as a result. #RentersRightsBill hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...

🗨️ @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social "I know from my own efforts to support shared owners in my constituency of Greenwich and Woolwich that those affected by the building safety crisis often face unaffordable costs, often with no viable exit route other than a distressed sale." #SharedOwnership

The Renters' Rights Bill returns to the House of Commons today. In July the @UKHouseofLords adopted an amendment to protect shared owners who are accidental landlords. The Govt is expected to reject it.

🔴 RESHUFFLE Our statement 👇 #BuildingSafetyCrisis #EndOurCladdingScandal

SHAC and Members in the Press Thx @privateeyenews.bsky.social for continuing to expose service charge abuse: it carries on, even after death and even as landlords admit overcharging. Welcome to the wild, wild west of unregulated housing association finances. SHAC campaigns to end this.