As we know the 'clever' wheeze of shared ownership that was meant to make more affordable housing available is unravelling as the loophole of service fees is being exploited to raise the overall costs of homes (once the resident has been captured).
Its worth stressing (again) that only a massive increase in social housing (either built or re-purposed) can start to alleviate the problems of the UK dysfunctional housing market!
(and ending the Right to Buy!)
#housing
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/09/uk-housing-associations-accused-of-mis-selling-affordable-homes-as-service-charges-soar-by-up-to-400
Emeritus Prof Christopher May /
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