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This currently applies to both current and former shared ownership homes which can be 100% staircased. This right remains for 21 years after the householder has 100% staircased.<\/p>\n<p>If a shared ownership household wants to sell their home, they must gain consent of their housing provider to assign the lease.<\/p>\n<p>For the consent to be granted, the intention to sell must be expressed in writing.<\/p>\n<p>The housing provider then has 8 weeks to decide whether it wants to nominate itself or another purchaser to acquire the interest in the lease. After this, the home can be put on the open market.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Consultation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pre-emption right<\/p>\n<p>There were strong views in the consultation that the pre-emption right played a vital role in retaining affordable home ownership properties for those that needed them.<\/p>\n<p>Some considered that the right was &#8220;burdensome and placed restrictions on how properties were used, and should be removed entirely&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>A significant amount of those responding to the consultation supported the removal of the right from any future and existing properties which are 100% staircased.<\/p>\n<p>The eight week nomination period<\/p>\n<p>The consultation asked for views on:<\/p>\n<p>(1) whether to reduce the period from 8 weeks to 4 weeks, and<\/p>\n<p>(2) whether the home can be marketed at the time of consent being requested (concurrently) after the nomination period (sequentially)<\/p>\n<p>(1) the general consensus was that to reduce the nomination period would hamper the time to find &#8220;suitable eligible purchasers&#8221;. Further, many providers argued that they can already chose to dispense with the 8 week period or operate on a shorter period.<\/p>\n<p>(2) The main concern raised in consultation is that to market the home concurrently would permit the home to be sold to a provider when they are of the belief that the home to be freely available on the market. This would beg the question of which party has priority and will inevitably complicate the process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Streamlining the process<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The consultation sought views on other proposals for streamlining the process of selling shared ownership houses.<\/p>\n<p>The following ideas were put forward:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Reviewing, standardising and rationalising of documentation<br \/>\n\u2022 Purchase back of shares from those in higher share levels so properties can be marketed as more affordable<br \/>\n\u2022 Availability of lending for prospective purchasers<br \/>\n\u2022 Assignment or trading of the lease rather than sale<br \/>\n\u2022 Publication of a guide<br \/>\n\u2022 Existing shared owners qualifying for new shared ownership without the need for local authority approval<br \/>\n\u2022 Extending the standard 99 years to 125 years to encourage lending<br \/>\n\u2022 Creating a legal definition of shared ownership in statute<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outcome<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Government have decided not to apply the proposed changes to the nomination period for shared ownership. Therefore, the 8 week period remains.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The HCA will amend the model leases and guidance for future shared ownership properties to remove the pre-emption right following 100% staircasing and amend guidance to recommend providers to remove the pre-emption right following 100% staircasing, for existing shared ownership leases.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The Government will undertake a review of shared ownership to focus on possible longer term options for change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In light of the consultation, the Government have suggested that further reviews need to be undertaken and that further changes will come into effect in the Spring of 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this space!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 31 January 2015, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Homes &amp; Communities Agency (HCA) launched a consultation on proposals to streamline the resale of shared ownership properties to make it quicker and easier to sell them. 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