@elliotbanes.bsky.social
Marine scientist and shared owner. Reluctant social media user.
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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
#SouthernHousing #SharedOwnership #HousingSector #TenantVoice #ResidentVoice #SocialHousing #HousingCrisis #Accountability
November 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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
#SouthernHousing #SharedOwnership #HousingSector #TenantVoice #ResidentVoice #SocialHousing #HousingCrisis #Accountability
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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
housingsector.co.uk/blog/the-truth-is-out-there-here-there-and-everywhere
The truth is out there, here, there and everywhere — Housing Sector
This investigation exposes how UK housing associations rely on tenant satisfaction measures, curated panels and PR narratives while residents face unsafe, unaffordable and often unsellable homes. It c...
housingsector.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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
housingsector.co.uk/blog/the-truth-is-out-there-here-there-and-everywhere
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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.
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.
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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.
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.
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🚨 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
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
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨 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
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
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🚫 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
Grateful to Select Committee Chair Florence Eshalomi for asking Housing Secretary Steve Reed MP about the long-term affordability of shared ownership.
#UKhousing
#SharedOwnership
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🚫 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
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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🗨️ 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 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?
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🗨️ 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 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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🗣️ "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...
❌ No oversight. No enforcement. No grip.
Change? What change?
www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/2560452...
High rise flats tenants are losing sleep over 'Grenfell-like' fears
A Brierley Hill councillor says fire doors in a block of high rise flats are ‘not fit for purpose’.
www.dudleynews.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🗣️ "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...
❌ No oversight. No enforcement. No grip.
Change? What change?
www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/2560452...
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🗨️ "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.
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.
November 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🗨️ "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.
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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🚨 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
"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
October 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🚨 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
"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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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...
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...
Affordability of Home Ownership - Written evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
Written evidence submission publications for Affordability of Home Ownership.
committees.parliament.uk
October 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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...
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...
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🖋️ "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.
Written evidence submitted to the Housing Committee.
October 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🖋️ "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.
Written evidence submitted to the Housing Committee.
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Affordability of Home Ownership inquiry
🆕 Our written evidence to the House of Commons Housing Committee inquiry has been published.
#SharedOwnership
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
🆕 Our written evidence to the House of Commons Housing Committee inquiry has been published.
#SharedOwnership
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
committees.parliament.uk
October 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Affordability of Home Ownership inquiry
🆕 Our written evidence to the House of Commons Housing Committee inquiry has been published.
#SharedOwnership
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
🆕 Our written evidence to the House of Commons Housing Committee inquiry has been published.
#SharedOwnership
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
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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-...
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-...
Shared owners exempt from 12-month ban on re-letting homes after eviction
Shared owners will be exempt under the Renters’ Rights Bill that will ban landlords from re-letting a property for a certain period after evicting a tenant.
www.insidehousing.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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-...
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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📤 Our next email update will focus on subletting and buybacks.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
📤 Our next email update will focus on subletting and buybacks.
Are you a shared owner?
Join us ⬇️
🔗 tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork
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Join us ⬇️
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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...
Deeply disturbing audio recorded by a Clarion employee and leaked to Sky News:
news.sky.com/story/dont-t...
'Don't tell anyone': Manager at UK's largest housing association told staff how to fake fire safety notice
A chartered surveyor tells Sky News the consequence of the information not being available in the event of a fire could be "death or serious injury".
news.sky.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"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...
Deeply disturbing audio recorded by a Clarion employee and leaked to Sky News:
news.sky.com/story/dont-t...
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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.
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.
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.
October 16, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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.
Much more needs to be done to support shared owners trapped in the building safety crisis.
Reposted
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.
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.
October 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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.
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.
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🆕 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
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
October 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
🆕 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
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
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🗓️ 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.
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.
October 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🗓️ 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.
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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🗨️ @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...
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...
Housing minister mulling over improvements to shared ownership
Housing minister Matthew Pennycook has indicated there may be some tweaks to improve the shared ownership model.
www.insidehousing.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🗨️ @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...
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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We will use the information you provide to highlight issues affect...
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September 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Are you a shared owner?
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Join us ⬇️
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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
➡️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
September 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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
➡️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
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📢 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...
❓ Issues with resales, staircasing, lease extensions, subletting, valuations, or anything else?
👉 Write to the Government.
Use their online form ⤵️
www.gov.uk/guidance/con...
Contact the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Use this form to send a message to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
www.gov.uk
September 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
📢 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...
❓ Issues with resales, staircasing, lease extensions, subletting, valuations, or anything else?
👉 Write to the Government.
Use their online form ⤵️
www.gov.uk/guidance/con...
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🔴 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...
@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...
Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
questions-statements.parliament.uk
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🔴 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...
@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...
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📢 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...
❓ Issues with resales, staircasing, lease extensions, subletting, valuations, or anything else?
👉 Write to the Government.
Use their online form ⤵️
www.gov.uk/guidance/con...
Contact the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Use this form to send a message to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
www.gov.uk
September 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
📢 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...
❓ Issues with resales, staircasing, lease extensions, subletting, valuations, or anything else?
👉 Write to the Government.
Use their online form ⤵️
www.gov.uk/guidance/con...