Recommendation 25

The Government should either require providers to buy back shares from shared owners in situations where they are trapped and unable to sell shares due to building remediation issues, or if not, set out the reasons why it has decided not to do this. It should also undertake an assessment of the potential merits of requiring provider buyback of shares as an automatic entitlement for shared owners. If this were to be implemented, the Government would need to increase grant funding to providers to cover the additional costs incurred. (Paragraph 134) Shared Ownership 43