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Rents: Shared Ownership

Commons · Question 34654 · Tabled 28 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 10 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a cap on rent increases for those shared ownership properties not purchased from a registered social lan

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 10 Mar 2025

The government requires that all leases for shared ownership properties funded with government grant, regardless of whether the shared ownership provider is a registered social landlord, must include a clause limiting rent increases to a maximum of RPI +0...