Being a shared owner

In this section

• Buying more shares in your shared ownership home (staircasing)

  Your options to increase the share of the property you own (staircasing)

  Advice guide
• Understanding your shared ownership lease

  Your responsibilities and restrictions as a shared ownership leaseholder, and your landlord's responsibilities

  Advice guide
• Extending your shared ownership lease

  When to extend your shared ownership lease, and the process for getting a lease extension

  Advice guide
• Getting repairs and maintenance done for your shared ownership home

  How to get repairs and maintenance done, and what it means if your lease has an initial repair period

  Advice guide
• Complaints and managing your service charge for shared ownership properties

  Your options if you think your service charge is unreasonable or have complaints

  Advice guide
• Keeping you safe: building owner’s responsibilities for shared ownership properties

  The responsibilities of building owners to ensure the safety of shared ownership buildings

  Advice guide
• Making improvements to your shared ownership home

  What changes can be made without landlord approval and when permission is needed

  Advice guide
• Remortgaging your shared ownership property

  What you should do if you want to remortgage your shared ownership property

  Advice guide
• Renting out your shared ownership property (subletting)

  The rules for renting out a room or your whole shared ownership property

  Advice guide