Shared Ownership Schemes: Stairs

(asked on 22nd October 2026) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will issue guidance to registered providers on varying historic shared ownership leases with restricted staircasing to permit staircasing to 100 per cent, subject to a repurchase or nomination provision.


Answered by
Matthew Pennycook Portrait
Matthew Pennycook
Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
This question was answered on 30th October 2026

Existing guidance on the arrangements for grant-funded Shared Ownership homes in Designated Protected Areas (DPA), including the process for seeking a waiver of the relevant grant conditions, is available on gov.uk here. Under this process, an application must be submitted to Homes England by the relevant local authority.

I otherwise refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 26 October 2026 (HCWS417).

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