Shared Ownership Lending Working Group

Mrs. Spelman
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the membership of the Shared Ownership Lending Working Group is; what terms of reference have been set for the Group; and on what dates the Group has met.

John Healey
The Shared Ownership Lending Working Group is an official led group comprising representatives from Communities and Local Government, the Council of Mortgage Lenders, the National Housing Federation, the Homes and Communities Agency and the Tenant Services Authority.

The working group is examining how to overcome some of the potential barriers and disincentives to shared ownership lending. The group has met on four occasions to-date i.e. 9 June, 15 July, 19 August and 14 September.