Social Rented Housing: Finance
Lords · Question HL9922 · Tabled 24 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 4 Aug 2025
Question
Asked by Baroness Thornhill
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for using the Social and Affordable Homes Programme budget to fund buybacks of unmortgageable flats from shared owners and convert those flats to social rent or other affordab
Answer
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, 4 Aug 2025
Social housing providers currently have the option to repurchase homes where shared owners are unable to sell due to building safety issues. They can use Recycled Capital Grant Funding or alternative resources to do so. This is not an automatic entitlemen...