What happens if you can’t afford your affordable home?
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/01/residents-trapped-with-service-charges-of-up-to-8000-a-year-to-take-legal-action-against-government
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/01/residents-trapped-with-service-charges-of-up-to-8000-a-year-to-take-legal-action-against-government
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Incidentally, we pay more service charge than our neighbours who are private leaseholders in the same block.
Time for relevant authorities to investigate the social sector's selling practices.
The MA sends the same SC to private leaseholders and to the HA. The HA sends that bill + their fee to shared owners.
So we pay the MA's service charge, plus the HA's 'management fee' on top.