Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether homes funded under the new affordable homes programme from 2021-22 will be required to include a right to shared ownership.

Right to Shared Ownership will give many social housing tenants the opportunity to purchase a stake in their home and take their first step into home ownership.

At Budget we announced £12.2 billion of investment to build affordable homes, which is the biggest cash investment in affordable housing for a decade.

As a condition of this funding, homes built with it must have the Right to Shared Ownership attached.