Shared Ownership

HomeBuy

Open Market HomeBuy is a Government-backed scheme which helps people to buy a home on the open market by allowing access to additional money in the form of equity loans to supplement a mortgage.

The main groups of people to be helped by the scheme will be:

• Key public sector workers
• Existing tenants of housing associations and local councils
• Those on housing waiting lists for social rented housing who are nominated by the local council as being in housing need
• Some other priority first time buyers, including people serving the community or making a direct contribution to the economy as determined by Regional Housing Boards

In Thanet, the agent for HomeBuy is Moat Housing Group.

Moat Housing Group

Moat Homes are the zone agent for the Thanet area.  This means they hold a register of people interested in shared ownership and hold information on new housing developments.

What properties are available?

You can view properties available in Kent, Essex and Sussex in the;

•  Moat Housing booklet HomeBuy Homes.(pdf)

You can contact Moat Housing:

• by calling 0845 359 6161 Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
• writing to:  Moat, Mariner House, Galleon Boulevard, Crossways, Dartford, Kent DA2 6QE

For any questions, you can call the council's Housing Options Team on 01843 577277 or email housing@thanet.gov.uk

Other useful numbers:

• Citizens Advice Bureau
  01843 225973
• Breakthrough
  01843 230222
• Connections Kent and Medway
  01843 232273

Housing Options Team

E-mail:

housing@thanet.gov.uk

Tel: 01843 577277

Fax: 01843 291097