Probably my last tweet. When exchanging views with those that are respectful of others' opinions, X has been a great way to learn what was going on in the cladding crisis. The outcome is still messy and there is little more I do to help existing leaseholders still suffering. For

After dealing with a horrible inhumane conservative govt, leaseholders are now dealing with an even worse govt. Please stop this dreadful and insulting clown show Steve Reed. Millions of us are suffering from housing issues which are of your making Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Gov.

So many leaseholders trapped because of govt inaction on abolishing leasehold. This is on you Matthew Pennycook MP. Feels like you’re dooming us to bankruptcy. Steve Reed is too busy with his clown show building crusade.

Alex I post articles on Linkedin, comment on issues in Building magazine and have contributed to Buildings and Cities journal. What I would really like to do is publish commentary in the National press on how the fragmented Building Industry is so badly monitored and regulated by

What is wrong with these people? Honestly. Give Labour anything these days and they’ll make it worse. 🤦‍♀️ theguardian.com/society/2025/o…

f4rrahrocks 🇺🇦 Shared ownership is not a step on the ladder. Most people never staircase as it gets too expensive. The pre-sale RICS surveys are disconnected from actual market value... and not independent. Making shared owners responsible for a 'loss' on shares they don't own is shocking.

Moving Home with Charlie Agreed. And this is why Government mandating RICS valuations to sell shared ownership homes is a massive issue. Because shared owners are liable for any loss if the sale price achieved is lower, not only on their own shares, but also on shares owned by their housing association.

🖋️ "There is a huge need for social rentals in London (...) so why won’t they buy our homes back? Unless, of course, these flats aren’t such great deals after all?" #SharedOwnership

🖋️ "Most of my anxiety comes not from spending decades working in war and disaster zones as a journalist, but from my shared ownership flat." inews.co.uk/opinion/war-re…

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Gov Gosh you are now as down grade as you can be with such slogans. Keir Starmer The Labour Party No mention of making unsafe flats safe so the market can recover. End Our Cladding Scandal So insensitive to people stuck.

Do you mean the section 106 agreements your members negotiate with councils to ensure leaseholders and shared owners in newbuilds pay for the upkeep of new PUBLIC AMENITIES in perpetuity?

The "affordable homes" targets already let developers off from building the number of social and council homes we need. Slashing these targets further is a major betrayal of low-income Londoners and will certainly accelerate gentrification and displacement.

Good to hear. I hope lease extension changes will also apply to shared owners where the housing association has a short lease. Our housing association is offering 990-year lease extensions to shared owners in blocks they own. Meanwhile, our leases remain unsellable.

These lot are abysmal. Holding leaseholders hostage on exploitative lease terms (which includes young families with children) and justifying it by citing charitable causes. You’ve caused the collapse of flat sales, trapping so many in unsellable leases. Please let us move on.

A shared owner wrote to the Committee about the financial & emotional impact of trying to sell their flat. 🖋️ "This case is not unique. It highlights systemic failings within shared ownership." Matthew Pennycook MP shared owners need buybacks and a statutory right to exit the scheme.

🖋️ "After more than four years of consistent effort, I remain unable to sell. I am effectively trapped in an unsellable property, facing mounting financial costs and significant personal distress, with no clear exit route." Matthew Pennycook MP what will the Government do to help?

For housing associations, the shared ownership scheme is an inflation-busting income stream. They will lobby to keep it that way. Matthew Pennycook MP guidance is ignored. Non judicial means of redress are ineffective. Many of us were mis-sold. That's not being addressed.

So Lambeth council have women fleeing domestic violence in temporary accommodation, which has a fire door that doesn’t close and people are walking in and out off of the street taking drugs and all sorts and they don’t actually live at the accommodation…. I’m gonna ask the

Report provides evidence that staircasing is out of reach for 98% of shared owners, yet authors insist government should continue to prop up the shared ownership scheme. Matthew Pennycook MP this is farcical. cbre.com/insights/repor…

Chris Hinchliff MP Thank you. If you get a chance, please also highlight the shared ownership scandal; it's the worst of leasehold and the worst of renting, combined.