Sharing the spoils: bringing home ownership into reach for low to middle income households

Details

Wednesday 20th November
09.30am to 11.00am
Committee Room 14, Houses of Parliament, London SW1A 0AA (enter via Cromwell Green)

David Lammy MP
Vidhya Alakeson – Deputy Chief Executive, Resolution Foundation
Richard Donnell – Director of Research, Hometrack
Ben Marshall – Research Director, Ipsos Mori
Geeta Nanda – Chief Executive, Thames Valley Housing Association
Patrick Butler – Social Policy Editor, The Guardian (Chair)

This event was live-tweeted at #sharedownership

Low to middle income households are increasingly shut out of traditional home ownership, and more and more families with children are living in the private rental sector. We know, however, that home ownership overwhelmingly remains most people’s preferred tenure and the lack of asset accumulation amongst long term renters is a concern.

This event launched new research which argues that shared ownership needs to be understood as the fourth tenure in the UK housing market, a bridge between renting and conventional home ownership for less well-off families.