Shared ownership didn’t get a mention in the spending review earlier this month and some in the industry have told Housing Today fof their concern the tenure could be “left out in the cold” by the government.

Keir Starmer’s government has instead repeatedly pledged to prioritise social rent and it is not yet clear what percentage of homes delivered through the £39bn Affordable Homes Programme will be for shared ownership - although the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has said it will include some homes for the tenure.

Shared ownership has been on the receiving end of much publicised criticism, with complaints about its perceived complexity, costs and share of risks and responsibility between residents and landlords.