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[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

⚠️ "Shared owners must not be shut out of decisions which directly affect them."

The Housing Select Committee’s message to ministers could not be clearer. The question now is: will they listen?

🖇️ Link to Committee report in next post.

[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

⚠️ "Shared owners must not be shut out of decisions which directly affect them."

The Housing Select Committee’s message to ministers could not be clearer. The question now is: will they listen?

🖇️ Link to Committee report in next post.

[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

Today’s HCLG Committee report calls for the government to go further and faster on reform.

Will @mhclg act on the committee’s recommendations and ensure shared owners aren’t left behind?

[UK House of Commons Committees @HoCcommitteesUK]

The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has published its report on the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. The government must go further and faster to address the problems with leasehold.

Read our report: https://t.co/3hjewNX7Bw

[Cladding Victim  @LostInSW19]

@SharedOwnersNet @cattwil Grateful to @FloEshalomi and the committee, but I can't see how shared owners - or indeed private leaseholders - in mixed-use blocks can ever benefit from commonhold if the housing association has a headlease with control over a majority of units.

[NLC - KATIE KENDRICK OBE - LEASEHOLD CAMPAIGNER @NLC_2019]

🗣The Government must go further and faster on commonhold and leasehold reform, says Housing Committee

Recommends the government accelerate the timetable to bring in the £250 Ground Rent cap by late 2027.

@CommonsHCLG @mhclg

https://t.co/t3ybHh4bzQ

[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

@cattwil Housing Select Committee report on the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill.

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https://t.co/ZccQvDaYA2

[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

⚠️ "Shared owners must not be shut out of decisions which directly affect them."

The Housing Select Committee’s message to ministers could not be clearer. The question now is: will they listen?

🖇️ Link to Committee report in next post.

[UK House of Commons Committees @HoCcommitteesUK]

52% are struggling to afford service charges. 39% cannot sell or remortgage due to high service charges. The scale of the problem is clear.

5/6 🧵

[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

@EOCS_Official @Uma_Kumaran Shared owners are forced to sell at prices set by RICS surveyors or cover the shortfall themselves.

Cannot sell and need to move? They are told to become landlords.

This can't go on @mtpennycook. We need buybacks.

[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

Shared owners are forced to sell at prices set by RICS surveyors or cover the shortfall themselves.

Cannot sell and need to move? They are told to become landlords.

This can't go on @mtpennycook. We need buybacks. 👇

[BBC London @BBCLondonNews]

High service charges and fire safety issues leave many in Stratford's East Village unable to sell up.
https://t.co/kkccBrXfjW

[Cat Finnie @CatFinnie]

There's no good route onto the first rung of the UK housing ladder (or at least England & Wales, due to leasehold). I know people trying to buy, and I try to gently warn them off shared ownership, but they're hopeful about it and it's hard

[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

🖋️ "Most of my anxiety comes not from spending decades working in war and disaster zones as a journalist, but from my shared ownership flat."

https://t.co/85lBd7RVru

[End Our Cladding Scandal @EOCS_Official]

The bill is silent on the key issues @UKLabour spoke so strongly about in opposition: non-cladding defects, non-qualifying leaseholders, the failing Developer Contract, weak risk assessment standards, extortionate buildings insurance & shared ownership.

https://t.co/q2R6OPwdEJ

[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

A probe is a start, but without urgent action to bring charges under control, more households will be pushed to breaking point.

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https://t.co/Q5lFzClG5O

[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

We need government-backed buybacks for shared ownership flats that are unmortgageable or unsellable.

These homes could be converted to social or affordable rent, helping meet local housing need while freeing trapped leaseholders.

Where is the leadership @stevereedMP?

[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

We also raised concerns about the poor implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act and its impact on those who sublet their homes.

[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

We shared the frustration felt by many shared owners, including delays in accessing fire safety documents, slow progress on remediation, and a lack of clear information throughout the process.

[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

It was a disappointing meeting.

This government is still refusing to tackle the core issues trapping shared owners in the building safety crisis.

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[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

Many shared owners who sublet now face extra requirements and tight deadlines just to access protections under the Renters’ Rights Act.

Poor government communication risks leaving them exposed to significant financial risk.

[Cladding Victim  @LostInSW19]

Despite paying record levels of rent and service charge to L&Q, I don't get information about what's going on. My only source of information is neighbours in our block's WhatsApp group.

@mtpennycook @SamanthaDixonMP when will you hold these social landlords to account?

[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

We need government-backed buybacks for shared ownership flats that are unmortgageable or unsellable.

These homes could be converted to social or affordable rent, helping meet local housing need while freeing trapped leaseholders.

Where is the leadership @stevereedMP?

[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

It was a disappointing meeting.

This government is still refusing to tackle the core issues trapping shared owners in the building safety crisis.

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[End Our Cladding Scandal @EOCS_Official]

Today we met with @SamanthaDixonMP ahead of tomorrow’s King’s Speech.

The Remediation Bill is simply too little, too late. It won't make homes safe, protect leaseholders or speed up remediation any time soon.

Labour is still failing to get a grip on the building safety crisis.

[The Shared Owners' Network @SharedOwnersNet]

We also raised concerns about the poor implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act and its impact on those who sublet their homes.