The Government should as a matter of urgency explore the implications of changing the terms of shared ownership leases delivered under current and previous iterations of the Affordable Homes Programme so that shared owners only ever have to pay service charges for repairs and maintenance proportionate to the size of share they own.

The Government should as a matter of urgency explore the implications of changing the terms of shared ownership leases delivered under current and previous iterations of the Affordable Homes Programme so that shared owners only ever have to pay service charges for repairs and maintenance proportionate to the size of share they own. Type: recommendation | Number: 2 | Paragraph: 37 | Response status: not_accepted Government response: 1. The Government launched its new model of shared ownership in April 2021, alongside the start of our £11.5bn 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme (AHP). As noted by the Committee, the new model contains a ten-year ‘initial repair period’, during which registered providers of social housing (register