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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

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!)

theguardian.com/society/2025/m

The Guardian · UK housing associations accused of mis-selling ‘affordable’ homes as service charges soar by up to 400%By Jon Ungoed-Thomas