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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

"Both parties expanded a programme that their own committee called an unbearable failure because both parties needed the housing delivery numbers to look good." ⏯️ Watch The Fine Print on shared ownership. 🖇️ Link in next Post

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"The service charge has gone up dramatically from the £272 a month she was paying in 2021." She is now paying £890 rent, £650 service charges and £356 in mortgage costs, despite not living in her flat. #SharedOwnership

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🗨️ “It’s outrageous... They need to tell me where in my lease it says that I need to keep paying these costs for an uninhabitable property. This is supposed to be affordable housing.” Shared owners in temporary accommodation are facing escalating costs. 🧵

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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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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 · 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

Are you a shared owner? ➡️ Join us: tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork 📱Follow our WhatsApp channel: whatsapp.com/channel/0029... 📥 Get in touch: sharedownersnetwork@gmail.com 5/5

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Lord Young of Cookham set the record straight and shone a light on what’s really happening with buybacks. The figures rather speak for themselves. 3/n #SharedOwnership #THCS26

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It’s increasingly difficult to see how the Government can credibly maintain its current position. ❌ 2/n #UKhousing

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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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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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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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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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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 · 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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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 · 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.

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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.

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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

This is what the new Select Committee report says about shared ownership, in full. MPs note that changes to the scheme do not benefit existing shared owners. Our position is clear @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social, the shared ownership scheme should not be marketed as affordable housing.

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The Committee recommends that Government adopt a definition of 'affordable housing' that works for people, not just for planning.

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

The Committee calls out the gap between the label and the reality of "affordable housing".

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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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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Two years after a damning Select Committee report, ministerial correspondence is still recycling the same tired claim that shared ownership has "an important role to play". Where is the evidence, @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social @sharonstevenage.bsky.social?

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Did you know you can contact the Government directly about shared ownership issues? There's an online form to complete. We’ve shared the link on our WhatsApp channel. Check our pinned post to access it.

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The Renters Rights Act makes changes to shared ownership. 🆕 @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social has urged registered providers to “take action now”. ⚠️ But will shared owners, especially those who sublet, get the information they need in time?

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

🗨️ "We have had enough of this nightmare" Many shared owners are trapped, unable to sell, facing spiralling costs they can't afford. The Government must act urgently and fund a buyback scheme so shared owners can finally move on with their lives. 🖇️ Link in next post.

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Most shared owners trapped in unmortgageable and unaffordable homes are saying the same thing: they need a way out. They want buybacks. Thank you @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social for asking this question👇 🖇️ Minister response in next post

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Are you a shared owner? Follow our WhatsApp channel for updates. 🖇️ whatsapp.com/channel/0029...

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

🏗️ Building safety crisis Thousands of shared owners are still trapped, facing subletting restrictions and no buyback funding for unmortgageable flats. Read the full update from @eocs-official.bsky.social ➡️ endourcladdingscandal.org/posts/campai... #SharedOwnership #BuildingSafetyCrisis

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Are you a shared owner? Join our network to receive email updates: 🖇️ tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork 🆕 You can also follow our WhatsApp channel: 🖇️ whatsapp.com/channel/0029...

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

🔴 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

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

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.

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

📤 Our next email update will focus on subletting and buybacks. Are you a shared owner? Join us ⬇️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

🚫 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

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

🗨️ 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?

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

🗨️ "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.

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

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.

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

🚨 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

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

🖋️ "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.

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

📤 Our next email update will focus on subletting and buybacks. Are you a shared owner? Join us ⬇️ 🔗 tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

🗓️ 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.

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

🗨️ @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

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The Shared Owners' Network @sharedownersnet.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

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

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