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People with a long-term disability looking to buy a suitable home on the open market may be able to do so using the HOLD shared ownership scheme.

• Updated: 3 December 2025

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.

• How Right to Shared Ownership works

  The Right to Shared Ownership scheme allows some tenants in England to buy…

• Who can apply

  You may be eligible to buy a share of your rented home through the Right…

• Costs

  When you apply for Right to Shared Ownership, you’ll need to make sure you…

• Paying rent

  For a shared ownership home, you need to pay rent for the share you do not…

• How to apply

  There are 9 steps to apply for Right to Shared Ownership. 1. Tell your…

• Buying more shares ('staircasing')

  You can buy more shares in your home after you become a shared owner. This…

• Selling your home

  You can sell your shared ownership home at any time. If you own a 100%…

• Repairs and home improvements

  When you buy a home with Right to Shared Ownership, your lease will have…

• Renting out all or part of your home (subletting)

  You’ll usually need to get the landlord’s permission to rent out (sublet)…

• Help and advice

  MoneyHelper You can get free, impartial advice from MoneyHelper. This…

• Updated: 5 November 2024

You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and splitting blocks of leave

How to access and record sponsor and guest data.

• Updated: 15 September 2025

Check someone's immigration status, and that they can access services like the NHS and benefits in the UK

People aged 55 or over and looking to buy a home can buy an initial share in an Older Persons Shared Ownership scheme (OPSO) home and pay rent on the rest.

• Updated: 3 December 2025

• Updated: 20 August 2025

Find out what information you may be asked for by your account provider and how that information is shared.

• Updated: 23 October 2025

Sir Alex Ellis was appointed as His Majesty’s Ambassador to Spain and Andorra in September 2024.  Previously, Alex served as the British High Commissioner to the Republic of India (2021 to 2024) and before that, he worked as the Deputy...

• Updated: 9 September 2024