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Find out about buying a home through shared ownership. Read about who can apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares and repairing and selling your home.
You can buy a home through the shared ownership scheme if you cannot…
You can buy a home through shared ownership if both of the following are…
You’ll need to plan for all the costs when buying a home. When you’ve…
For a shared ownership home, you need to pay rent to your landlord for the…
There are 4 steps to apply for a shared ownership home. 1. Check if you…
There are several places where you can search for shared ownership homes…
You will need to pay for repairs and maintenance no matter what share you…
You can buy more shares in your home after you become the owner. This is…
You can sell your shared ownership home at any time. If you own 100% of…
You can normally rent out (sublet) a room in the home, but you must live…
You can get free advice about how to buy a shared ownership home or…
Provides further detail on First Homes and their implementation.
Supporting the Armed Forces onto the home ownership ladder.
Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.
Information on how to apply for the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.
Details of schemes that are now closed for applications.
How the First Homes scheme works, who is eligible, how to apply and the rules for managing a First Homes property after you buy one.
How to buy a home: preparing to buy, deciding on a home, making offers, conveyancing, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and making complaints.
Help to Buy and affordable home ownership schemes to help first-time buyers and home movers - equity loan, ISA, shared ownership
How you can add, remove or replace one or more homeowners, with a process known as a Transfer of Equity.
Guidance on plan-making.
Green Deal home and business energy-saving improvements - assessments, repayments, Home Improvement Fund scheme
Park (mobile) home owner rights and responsibilities - fees and repairs, selling or giving away a home and residents' associations, settling disputes
This programme aims to increase the supply of Shared Ownership and other affordable homes in England by March 2021.
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