Housing One foot on the ladder: how shared ownership can bring owning a home into reach 20 November 2013 by Vidhya Alakeson and Giselle Cory and Hannah Fearn A major expansion of newly built shared ownership could help low and modest income working families across the country onto the property ladder, while keeping their housing costs affordable. One foot on the ladder shows that shared ownership – where buyers purchase at least 25 per cent of the equity in a home and pay a low rent … Continued READ MORE