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Uniting shared owners. We campaign to make our homes affordable & our landlords accountable. Join us ➡️ tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🗨️ “I pay so much for an ‘affordable’ house and I thought I had somewhere safe and secure, but it was never safe.” We’re supporting our members at Neutron Tower. They requested, but were not granted, access to the first meeting after the fire. 🖇️ Link in next post
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Cladding Victim @lostinsw19.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nine years after Grenfell, and I’m still finding out about updates from private leaseholders in our WhatsApp group. Meanwhile, my housing association continues to receive millions in funding from @mayoroflondon.bsky.social and MHCLG - no questions asked.
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End Our Cladding Scandal @eocs-official.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We met Baroness Judith Blake, the new Minister for Building Safety, today. We told her plainly: people are still living in unsafe, unsellable homes, facing delays and costs through no fault of their own. They need action now.
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Today, we met with the Building Safety Minister to raise the challenges facing shared owners trapped in the building safety crisis. 🧵
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🗨️"I keep thinking I'm going to be taken out of this building in a box... I just want someone to take responsibility" Jackie has been desperate to move for years. Now she faces legal threats from her managing agent. #SharedOwnership ⏩ Video in next post
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Many of our members are stuck in the building safety crisis. But it doesn’t end when their building is remediated. ❌ Many are still unable to sell afterwards. They’re being told to become private landlords. @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social - we need a nationwide buyback scheme. Now. ⬇️
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Grenfell United @grenfellunited.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
111 months since Grenfell. 72 lives lost to systemic failures that should never have happened. This weekend, we watched another high-rise fire unfold in London. Our thoughts are with everyone affected.
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End Our Cladding Scandal @eocs-official.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The fire and loss of life at Neutron Tower have saddened and angered us. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of the man who died, and everyone affected. The fire is being investigated. But we already know residents have endured years of remediation delays. 🧵 www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Poplar fire: Residents 'did not hear alarms' in fatal tower blaze
Residents say they were alerted by neighbours banging on their doors telling them to leave.
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Cladding Victim @lostinsw19.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
'The shared ownership leaseholders have consistently raised issues—broken security gates, cleaning, unauthorised access requests and late accounts—with the management of the building by Notting Hill Genesis.' @natfednews.bsky.social It's basic landlord stuff. Why can't your members manage it?
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🗨️ @joepowell.bsky.social "Ministers will know about the case of Shaftesbury Place... It has approximately 30 shared ownership flats that have experienced a 21-fold increase in building insurance due to a disputed fire risk assessment." #BuildingSafetyCrisis
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
🗨️ "People who buy those properties to get on the first rung of a bit of the housing ladder often suddenly find themselves trapped... and there is no requirement for housing associations to take that more seriously." Thank you for your support, @melanieonnmp.bsky.social #SharedOwnership
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
📩 If you are a member, please check your inbox for an important message. If you can’t find it there, please check your spam or junk folder first. If you still can’t find it, please email us at: sharedownersnetwork@gmail.com
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🗨️ Lord Young of Cookham: “What I want is a nationally agreed formula for buybacks setting out the conditions that need to be met.” We agree. Right now, social landlords make their own rules. Decisions are taken behind closed doors. Some don’t even have a policy. 🧵 1/n #SharedOwnership
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Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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FOI reveals lack of government oversight of shared ownership model, campaign groups say
The government does not collect data on shared owner resales and repossessions, and there are gaps in the information it holds on back-to-back staircasing
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Lord Fuller: 🗨️“Peers have heard how [registered social landlords] have been caught out behaving in a predatory manner with instances of sharp practice and acting far removed from the social purpose they say guides their every activity. The House of Lords saw through this bluster”
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End Our Cladding Scandal @eocs-official.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
📢 BBC request If you can’t sell your flat because of the building safety crisis and you’re available in London tomorrow afternoon for filming, please email us your contact details. 📧 endourcladdingscandal@gmail.com
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A review of shared ownership? What’s urgent is action for shared owners currently trapped by toxic leases, escalating costs and homes that have become effectively unsaleable. They haven’t seen any of the “improvements” MHCLG refers to in its statement. ⬇️ Time is up.
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Cladding Victim @lostinsw19.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Looks like my housing association’s “social purpose” is to support themselves and the travel industry.
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Meanwhile, housing associations such as L&Q refuse to help shared owners struggling with unaffordable service charges, unable to remortgage, or trapped in properties they can’t sell. @natfednews.bsky.social @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social 🖇️ Link in next post
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Cladding Victim @lostinsw19.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Housing associations: "We need more money to build social housing. It’s our social purpose." Shared owner: "You already own most of mine. Buy my share and convert the flat to social housing?" Housing association: “Nah. Just surrender it to your lender.”
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End Our Cladding Scandal @eocs-official.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Baroness Blake is a junior minister in the Lords. It remains unclear who will lead the Remediation Bill in the Commons. We assume this may be @florenceeshalomi.bsky.social but await confirmation. We also await good legislation / policy that can work quickly to make a difference on the ground.
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End Our Cladding Scandal @eocs-official.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Labour's fourth Building Safety Minister in just over two years has finally been confirmed: Baroness Blake of Leeds ⬇️ We look forward to meeting her soon. And we sincerely hope this minister isn't moved on just as she gets up to speed with this extraordinarily complex brief...
Baroness Blake of Leeds CBE
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elliotbanes.bsky.social @elliotbanes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This. It’s insane that housing associations would choose to let publicly funded social housing be sold off to investors for peanuts when those flats could instead be used to house someone on the waiting list. Make it make sense.
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
🗨️ "I could not believe that they kept saying no." Jade explains why she had to surrender her shared ownership flat, and the devastating consequences. @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social how many more people have to lose their homes before the government listens? #UKhousing
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Can you help us make shared owners a government priority? If you’re in a WhatsApp or Facebook group, or use X, Instagram or TikTok, please share this link so other shared owners can find us: ➡️ tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork
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Cladding Victim @lostinsw19.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🎯 As a shared owner, you will not get the support you expect from your housing association. When things go wrong, you’re on your own.
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
🖋️Lord Fuller "Shared ownership is meant to help those who can’t afford to buy a whole home to purchase a part-share from a housing association or council and rent the rest. (...) But it’s led to a worst-of-all-worlds situation." 🖇️ Link in next post
Aspiring homeowners' dreams are being exploited by social landlords.
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Government must act now to help shared owners trapped in homes they cannot sell or remortgage by introducing a national buyback scheme, and by collecting and publishing the data needed to understand the true scale of the shared ownership crisis. 🖇️ Link in next post
Lords debate shared ownership amid building safety crisis
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Words are cheap, @natfednews.bsky.social. The recent debate in the House of Lords suggests there's little evidence of your members' claimed "social purpose".
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Last week, our members wrote to members of the House of Lords. Peers listened and sent the Government a clear warning. Helping shared owners isn't a Labour priority. With your help, we'll make it one. Join us: tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
"Predatory." "Sharp practice." "Kafkaesque." Peers didn't hold back during Monday's 40-minute House of Lords debate on shared ownership. If you missed it, you can catch up now. ⏯️ parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Thousands of shared owners are trapped in homes they cannot sell or are struggling with unaffordable housing costs. Yet instead of confronting this growing crisis head-on, the government is merely planning to rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic. 🖇️ Link in next post
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Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Lords back review of shared ownership to help address ‘horror’ of living in unsellable and unmortgageable homes
The House of Lords has backed an amendment to the Social Housing Bill that calls for a comprehensive review of the shared ownership model within 12 months of the act’s passing
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
📍House of Lords Debate on shared ownership and buybacks. Catch up ⬇️ parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Are you a shared owner? ➡️ Join us: tinyurl.com/SharedOwners... 📱Follow our WhatsApp channel: whatsapp.com/channel/0029... 📥 Get in touch: sharedownersnetwork@gmail.com
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🗨️ Lord Young: "A dedicated allocation to support the buyback of unmortgageable shared ownership properties within the current Social and Affordable Homes Programme is the solution." www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/lords-b...
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Lords back review of shared ownership to help address ‘horror’ of living in unsellable and unmortgageable homes
The House of Lords has backed an amendment to the Social Housing Bill calling for a comprehensive review of the shared ownership model in the first year.
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Cladding Victim @lostinsw19.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🔥 "acting with a predatory and pecuniary advantage and obvious conflicts of interest." Blimey, @natfednews.bsky.social, I think it's fair to say Lord Fuller is rather sceptical of your members' claimed "social purpose." #UKhousing
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Yesterday, peers called for a review of shared ownership and demanded buybacks for trapped shared owners. They had some blunt words about how housing associations operate. The Minister resisted scrutiny. Peers voted. The Government was defeated. Decisively. 🖇️ Link in post below.
Lord Young of Cookham
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
📥 If you are a member, please check your inbox for an important message. If you can't find it there, please check your spam or junk folder.
Lords ro debate buybacks tomorrow
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Minister confirms LAFRA omission that would deny tens of thousands of shared owners the right to extend their lease with direct landlord - because providers "do not have sufficiently long leases to grant 990-year extensions" - must wait for Commonhold & Leasehold Reform Bill.
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Cladding Victim @lostinsw19.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
So many shared owners are paying for amenities they can't access. Many are also paying for maintenance of public amenities their council tax should cover.
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Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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‘Significant’ ruling is ‘warning’ for sector after London landlord loses appeal to pass service charges for private flats on to shared owners
A London landlord lost its appeal to pass service charges on to shared owners at a block in Battersea for amenities provided to private owners on a large estate
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
🎯 @soresources.bsky.social "Shared ownership is publicly subsidised and delivered under an affordable homes scheme. Consequently, whether shared ownership homes are affordable is of interest not only to shared owners, but also to taxpayers." @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social what's the plan?
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
⚠️ Extreme heat Remediation work means some residents can't fully open windows or access balconies, making it impossible to cool and ventilate homes overnight. We've joined @eocs-official.bsky.social and @nonqualifyinglh.bsky.social in calling on Ministers to act. ⬇️
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"If shared ownership is a pathway to home ownership, it is a very rocky one. It is definitely a home owner’s dream that turned into their worst nightmare." Shared owners are tired of government excuses. Time is up. #UKhousing
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
"If shared ownership is a pathway to home ownership, it is a very rocky one. It is definitely a home owner’s dream that turned into their worst nightmare." Shared owners are tired of government excuses. Time is up. #UKhousing
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Peers challenged the Minister on shared ownership this week. Lord Fuller didn't hold back: "This has been sold to people (…) as a lower-cost way of getting their foot on the ladder." "One might go so far as to suggest that there has been a degree of mis-selling here."
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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
🆕 The Housing Select Committee has published its report on homeownership affordability. It concludes: 👉 "Shared ownership (...) is not a long-term affordable option for many of the buyers to whom it is marketed." 🧵
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Cladding Victim @lostinsw19.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Probably the closest a committee will get to saying the government is, ahem, not telling the truth. #SharedOwnerhip @shacaction.bsky.social
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