b"shared ownership, theres low risk, and theres always someone to buy it, so theres no limit to shared ownership, and wed love to do more of it. (1)Most interviewees highlighted the important role that shared ownership plays in creating mixed communities:Shared ownership has a key part to play in increasing home ownership. Its important to build homes for everyone. Place making is about having a balanced community of different kinds of home ownership, with a diversity of income and ages. (Interviewee 5)This ability to develop mixed tenure housing and have diversity amongst the community in a new development was seen as an important role for shared ownership:I think diversity in its broadest sense is a good thing, it's what makes places interesting. You don't want somewhere that's only got some very poor people who've been nominated due to their kind of acute housing need. And then some very rich people who are able to afford incredibly expensive flats, it gives you a mix in between.What shared ownership gives you is owner occupiers who are invested in a place who are likely to be committed to it, wanting the community to work, and that gives you a mix as well. (Interviewee 2)Offering home ownership to a diversity of household income groups was seen as a value of shared ownership, although some questioned whether providing shared ownership in very high value areas was appropriate:There was a point where we had a meeting where we were going to build shared ownership in a leafy suburb of London for a million pounds each. And we were thinking what are we doing? Were a housing association supposed to provide for the poor and vulnerable, who is poor and vulnerable that is going to buy a million pound house in central London? (Interviewee 4)2.3Views on the changes announced to shared ownershipChanges were announced to the shared ownership product as the research began, so interviewees were asked about their views of the changes, covering 10% minimum shares, 1% staircasing, providers to cover all costs of any repairs and maintenance for 10 years, and the Right to Shared Ownership on rented homes.6"