📢 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...

🗨️ @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.

Are you a shared owner❓ Get our email updates with news on: ☑️ Buybacks ☑️ Valuations ☑️ Subletting ☑️ Resales ☑️ Lease extensions ☑️ Building safety 🔗 Join us. Link in next post. #SharedOwnership

⚖️ Shared owners won a court case against their housing association, Notting Hill Genesis, who charged them for services they don't have access to. ❌ The housing association is now appealing the ruling. #SharedOwnership

📢 SHARED OWNERS Issues with resales? 👉 Write to the Ministry in charge of the shared ownership scheme. Use their online form ⤵️ www.gov.uk/guidance/con...

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🚨🚨 Today is your last chance to tell the Committee what you think about the #SharedOwnership scheme ⬇️⬇️⬇️

We're trapped in unaffordable unsellable homes. We're going under. You've done nothing to help so far. This isn't good enough.

They should buy back our homes.

✅ Another great question from Baroness Thornhill. 🏢 What are Ministers planning to do to prevent a two-tier market for shared ownership properties❓ 🔗 Minister's response in next post #SharedOwnership

📢 Shared owners Only 4️⃣ days left to submit your written evidence to the Select Committee inquiry. ❗Deadline: 29 August 🔗 committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi... Focus on this question. Tell MPs about your experience as a shared owner and what needs to change ⬇️ #SharedOwnership

🔴 BUYBACKS More support from the House of Lords ✅ Baroness Thornhill asked the Government to use some of their new 'Social and Affordable Homes Programme' budget to fund buybacks. #SharedOwnership #HousingCrisis Link to Minister's response in next post.

"Shared ownership seemed like a godsend for a single woman like me. I was wrong," writes Melanie Marshall Read more: trib.al/X7FoSXr

🖋️ "I was a war reporter. But shared ownership put me in therapy." "Most of my anxiety comes not from spending decades working in war and disaster zones as a journalist, but from my shared ownership flat." #SharedOwnership #UKhousing inews.co.uk/opinion/war-...

🗓️ When was the last time you wrote to your MP about your concerns as a shared owner? 👉 Ask your MP to contact the Minister on your behalf. You can use this online tool. ⤵️ #SharedOwnership writetothem.com

📢 Select Committee INQUIRY 🗓️ Deadline 29 August 👉 Does #SharedOwnership provide a 'genuinely affordable' route to home ownership? 👉 How could the scheme be improved? 📱 Have your say 🔗 More info: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...

We can't staircase out of shared ownership, can't add partners as property owners, can't relocate for career opportunities. Family planning remains on indefinite hold - six years of major life decisions delayed because we can't access our own equity.

📺🎙️ What #SharedOwnership story do you want BBC News to cover? Let them know ⤵️ www.bbc.co.uk/send/u187894...

📢 SHARED OWNERS Issues with RICS valuations? 👉 Write to the Ministry in charge of the shared ownership scheme. Use their online form ⤵️ www.gov.uk/guidance/con...

📢 SHARED OWNERS Issues with resales? 👉 Write to the Ministry in charge of the shared ownership scheme. Use their online form ⤵️ www.gov.uk/guidance/con...

📢 SHARED OWNERS 🤔 Are you concerned about staircasing, lease extensions, subletting, valuations, or anything else? 👉 Write to the Ministry in charge of the shared ownership scheme. Use their online form ⤵️ www.gov.uk/guidance/con...

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🔴 BUYBACKS 🖋️ @lkpleasehold.bsky.social "given the complexity and unbalanced nature of shared ownership (...) an obligatory buy-back scheme should be imposed on all shared ownership providers" We agree. Funding SO buybacks should be a govt priority. www.leaseholdknowledge.com/leaseholders...

🔎 "The Government is aware that some people who have entered shared ownership have faced significant challenges with their properties and there is ongoing consideration of what more can be done to improve the experience of shared owners" #UKhousing questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...

📢 NEW INQUIRY The House of Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has just launched a new inquiry. MPs ask whether shared ownership provides a genuinely affordable route to home ownership. 🗓️ Deadline: 29 August 👇 #SharedOwnership committees.parliament.uk/committee/17...

I told you this was coming… The Telegraph, home of the ultimate ownership festishism, has caught up with it now. apple.news/AKYm1UatKRjG...

🗨️ “It’s ended up being the worst thing I’ve ever done in my entire life.” Govt: “We are considering what more can be done to improve the experience of shared owners.” Shared ownership is a trap @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social Time for the Govt to fund buybacks. www.telegraph.co.uk/money/proper...

🆕 [BREAKING] Government DEFEATED as peers massively support Lord Young's amendment to protect shared owners who are victims of the building safety crisis. 🗳️ 274 -154 #SharedOwnership #RentersRightsBill

A year since Labour came to power with manifesto commitments to fix the cladding and building safety scandal. But on the ground, nothing has changed. Our opinion piece 👇 www.britsafe.org/safety-manag...

🖋️ "The first rung of the housing ladder remains broken – second steppers are unable to sell (...), non-qualifying leaseholders are unable to sell anywhere close to fair value (...) and shared owners are stuck with renting out flats they no longer need or leaving them empty." 🎯

We're grateful to Lord Young for tabling an amendment to protect shared owners who are accidental landlords as a result of the building safety crisis. 📺 Watch the short debate 👇 #RentersRightsBill #SharedOwnership parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

📌 BUYBACKS 🆕 The new programme "will allow a limited number of acquisitions." 👉 This budget should be used to buy back shared ownership homes. These homes can then be relet at affordable rent. 👉 We need Govt to do more to support shared owners. questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

🗨️ "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" Baroness Thornhill speaking in the House of Lords yesterday👇 #SharedOwnership #UKhousing

Shared ownership should be banned - it trapped me and I lost £12k My message to anyone thinking about shared ownership is simple: 🗣 DON'T DO IT ‼️ @sharedownersnet.bsky.social #SharedOwnership #NotShared #NotOwned @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

📻 Eddie Nestor wanted to know how many shared owners staircase, so he pressed Jo Short, from the housing sector, for answers. 🗨️ "The statistics around people staircasing to 100% ... don't exist." 🤔 @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social why is shared ownership still sold as a step on the ladder?

📢 BBC Radio London wants to hear from shared owners today. 📞 Call 0800 731 2000 WhatsApp: 08000 321 333 @nlc-movement.bsky.social

🗨️ "It's vital that we don't see the next generation of homeowners caught up in these issues" says Florence Eshalomi, the chair of the Commons Housing Committee in response to a BBC investigation into shared ownership. 👇 #SharedOwnership www.bbc.com/news/article...

📰 The BBC mentions our recent survey. ‼️59% of shared owners who responded told us they can't sell. Reasons include unresolved building safety issues, high service charges, and short leases that shared owners cannot extend. 🚨 We need the Government to act. ⬇️ www.bbc.com/news/article...

🎧 Podcast "They lure you in" "There's been a lot of mega downsides, particularly regarding finances and transparency, and the level of service that we receive from our housing provider." #SharedOwnership www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

📊 Based on their own experience, 90% of our members would NOT recommend the shared ownership scheme to family and friends. Are you a shared owner? Join us 👉 tinyurl.com/SharedOwners...

Shared ownership "is a niche product that I wouldn’t encourage anyone to use." 🖋️ Neal Hudson in @financialtimes.com #SharedOwnership www.ft.com/content/c4b8...

🆕 BBC investigation shows sharp increase in complaints from shared owners to the Housing Ombudsman 👉 Based on their own experience, 90% of our members would NOT recommend the shared ownership scheme to family & friends. 📰 bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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🎙️The Housing Ombudsman will be on the Eddie Nestor radio show from 12:30 to discuss the shared ownership scheme. 📢 Eddie wants to speak to shared owners about their experience. 📱 Call 08007312000 📤 Email [email protected] #SharedOwnership

📢 LIVE now. EddieNestor talks about the shared ownership scheme. 📰 Listen on BBC Radio London 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...