Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to help ensure that (a) shared ownership schemes and (b) service charges in such schemes are affordable.

The Government is clear that service charges should be based on the cost of providing services and that there must a clear route for redress if things go wrong. Shared ownership leases should specify what, if any, service charges are payable.