Cladding Victim
@lostinsw19.bsky.social
Shared owner in a block with combustible cladding. Still waiting for a remediation plan. Unable to move on.
Here to #EndOurCladdingScandal
Here to #EndOurCladdingScandal
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Cladding Victim
@lostinsw19.bsky.social
· Nov 17
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"Please confirm if they can provide some punchy stats'
Social Housing Directorate official preparing Govt response to Select Committee
inquiry report.
#SocialHousing
#SharedOwnership #UKHousing
"Please confirm if they can provide some punchy stats'
Social Housing Directorate official preparing Govt response to Select Committee
inquiry report.
#SocialHousing
#SharedOwnership #UKHousing
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🆕 HoL Committee report on Building Safety Regulator
Residents waiting for remediation are all too aware of how developers are weaponising Labour’s commitment to build 1.5m homes by creating a false dilemma between safety & meeting targets for newbuilds.
committees.parliament.uk/work/9196/th...
Residents waiting for remediation are all too aware of how developers are weaponising Labour’s commitment to build 1.5m homes by creating a false dilemma between safety & meeting targets for newbuilds.
committees.parliament.uk/work/9196/th...
The Building Safety Regulator - Committees - UK Parliament
committees.parliament.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🆕 HoL Committee report on Building Safety Regulator
Residents waiting for remediation are all too aware of how developers are weaponising Labour’s commitment to build 1.5m homes by creating a false dilemma between safety & meeting targets for newbuilds.
committees.parliament.uk/work/9196/th...
Residents waiting for remediation are all too aware of how developers are weaponising Labour’s commitment to build 1.5m homes by creating a false dilemma between safety & meeting targets for newbuilds.
committees.parliament.uk/work/9196/th...
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1️⃣ year today since the "Remediation Acceleration Plan" announcement.
The only "change" leaseholders have seen is a new Housing Secretary and Minister for Building Safety.
MHCLG are still dragging their feet.
Labour are still far from keeping their manifesto promises.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
The only "change" leaseholders have seen is a new Housing Secretary and Minister for Building Safety.
MHCLG are still dragging their feet.
Labour are still far from keeping their manifesto promises.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
1️⃣ year today since the "Remediation Acceleration Plan" announcement.
The only "change" leaseholders have seen is a new Housing Secretary and Minister for Building Safety.
MHCLG are still dragging their feet.
Labour are still far from keeping their manifesto promises.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
The only "change" leaseholders have seen is a new Housing Secretary and Minister for Building Safety.
MHCLG are still dragging their feet.
Labour are still far from keeping their manifesto promises.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
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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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🚫 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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It's... better than nothing, but the sense of complacency around the sector and at the Regulator about these pretty crappy satisfaction measures should be a cause for concern. The whole structure still excludes tenants in many of the places it was supposed to fix.
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It's... better than nothing, but the sense of complacency around the sector and at the Regulator about these pretty crappy satisfaction measures should be a cause for concern. The whole structure still excludes tenants in many of the places it was supposed to fix.
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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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It's realistically only taken this long to come in because of all the time that has been allowed for 'consultation' with landlords about what is - this will sound familiar - practical rather than meaningful. These laws shouldn't be necessary and won't affect the culture issues you rightly highlight.
October 27, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It's realistically only taken this long to come in because of all the time that has been allowed for 'consultation' with landlords about what is - this will sound familiar - practical rather than meaningful. These laws shouldn't be necessary and won't affect the culture issues you rightly highlight.
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Why attempt to make this party political? Terrible behaviour. The rules weren't created under Labour and it really shouldn't matter either way. Outcomes of the actual policy are still very much unknown, as the unfulfilled intentions of the rest of the regulation of social housing act have shown us.
Awaab’s Law is a powerful legacy for a little boy who should still be here.
No family living in social housing should have their home blighted by dangerous damp and mould.
Labour's new rules will force action within 24 hours.
Negligence is no longer an option—it’s a crime.
No family living in social housing should have their home blighted by dangerous damp and mould.
Labour's new rules will force action within 24 hours.
Negligence is no longer an option—it’s a crime.
Father of boy, 2, who died from mould in flat hopes new law will save others
Awaab Ishak's death caused outrage and prompted the passage of Awaab's Law with a requirement for landlords to fix hazards in social housing more quickly and rehouse tenants if necessary.
news.sky.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Why attempt to make this party political? Terrible behaviour. The rules weren't created under Labour and it really shouldn't matter either way. Outcomes of the actual policy are still very much unknown, as the unfulfilled intentions of the rest of the regulation of social housing act have shown us.
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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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You can read the written evidence submitted to the Housing Committee on their website.
committees.parliament.uk/work/9247/af...
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 26, 2025 at 9:02 AM
You can read the written evidence submitted to the Housing Committee on their website.
committees.parliament.uk/work/9247/af...
committees.parliament.uk/work/9247/af...
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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
I wonder if those who market shared ownership as 'affordable' will pay attention to what lenders have to say.
#UKhousing
#UKhousing
🚨 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 10:22 AM
I wonder if those who market shared ownership as 'affordable' will pay attention to what lenders have to say.
#UKhousing
#UKhousing
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🗣️ Joe Powell MP
"there are almost double the number of major cladding remediation projects awaiting gateway 2 approval than there are new builds"
ICYMI - Thursday's debate on the Building Safety Regulator 👇
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
"there are almost double the number of major cladding remediation projects awaiting gateway 2 approval than there are new builds"
ICYMI - Thursday's debate on the Building Safety Regulator 👇
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
Building Safety Regulator - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : ' Building Safety Regulator' on Thursday 23 October 2025.
hansard.parliament.uk
October 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🗣️ Joe Powell MP
"there are almost double the number of major cladding remediation projects awaiting gateway 2 approval than there are new builds"
ICYMI - Thursday's debate on the Building Safety Regulator 👇
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
"there are almost double the number of major cladding remediation projects awaiting gateway 2 approval than there are new builds"
ICYMI - Thursday's debate on the Building Safety Regulator 👇
hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2025...
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📤 Our next email update will focus on subletting and buybacks.
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Join us ⬇️
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Join us ⬇️
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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
Are you a shared owner?
Join us ⬇️
🔗 tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork
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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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As I wrote back in Feb:
October 17, 2025 at 6:26 AM
As I wrote back in Feb:
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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.
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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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“Eight and a half years after Grenfell, we still have no criminal justice and a million people still living in unsafe buildings,” Labour MP Joe Powell has warned.
labourlist.org/2025/10/labo...
labourlist.org/2025/10/labo...
Joe Powell: End ‘false choice’ between housebuilding and safety – LabourList
"Eight and a half years after Grenfell, we still have no criminal justice and a million people still living in unsafe buildings," Labour MP Joe…
labourlist.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
“Eight and a half years after Grenfell, we still have no criminal justice and a million people still living in unsafe buildings,” Labour MP Joe Powell has warned.
labourlist.org/2025/10/labo...
labourlist.org/2025/10/labo...
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🗨️ "Residents are left in limbo. You can’t sell your flat"
"It will be fixed, but it’ll be over a long period of time. They told us recently that we’re looking at a horizon of about three years…So we’re looking at 2028 at the very earliest.”
www.itv.com/news/central...
"It will be fixed, but it’ll be over a long period of time. They told us recently that we’re looking at a horizon of about three years…So we’re looking at 2028 at the very earliest.”
www.itv.com/news/central...
www.itv.com
October 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🗨️ "Residents are left in limbo. You can’t sell your flat"
"It will be fixed, but it’ll be over a long period of time. They told us recently that we’re looking at a horizon of about three years…So we’re looking at 2028 at the very earliest.”
www.itv.com/news/central...
"It will be fixed, but it’ll be over a long period of time. They told us recently that we’re looking at a horizon of about three years…So we’re looking at 2028 at the very earliest.”
www.itv.com/news/central...
Let me manage everyone's expectations:
'STAIRs' is essentially a watered down form of FOI to access information held by housing associations.
The Regulator will set standards for STAIRs and the Housing Ombudsman will deal with appeals.
'STAIRs' is essentially a watered down form of FOI to access information held by housing associations.
The Regulator will set standards for STAIRs and the Housing Ombudsman will deal with appeals.
October 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Let me manage everyone's expectations:
'STAIRs' is essentially a watered down form of FOI to access information held by housing associations.
The Regulator will set standards for STAIRs and the Housing Ombudsman will deal with appeals.
'STAIRs' is essentially a watered down form of FOI to access information held by housing associations.
The Regulator will set standards for STAIRs and the Housing Ombudsman will deal with appeals.
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Build baby build is not a housing strategy
Bit by me for the Spectator:
www.spectator.co.uk/article/buil...
Bit by me for the Spectator:
www.spectator.co.uk/article/buil...
October 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Build baby build is not a housing strategy
Bit by me for the Spectator:
www.spectator.co.uk/article/buil...
Bit by me for the Spectator:
www.spectator.co.uk/article/buil...
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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