b"away, because unless they had a windfall, they couldnt afford it. Thats not 2% per annum, its 2% in total. 2% of 60,000 people could afford that. (Interviewee 1)The general consensus was that whilst there would be interest in taking up the offer of shared ownership, and 10% shares, most social rented tenants would not find shared ownership an affordable option:The analysis weve done says that almost everywhere, social rented properties are cheaper than even buying a 10% share. Why would you want to pay more to live in the same house? (Interviewee 6)2.4Plans over the next five yearsMost providers interviewed had steadily increased their shared ownership portfolio over time. Over the next five years, most intended to build/take on more shared ownership homes, or about the same. However, there were uncertainties that made it difficult to say how accurate these plans would be, even if demand was currently strong:The economic conditions are pretty challenging. And there's a lot of commentators saying the market is very buoyant at the moment, and there certainly is lots of interest, but you only have to look outside to realise that the world isn't normal and there isn't going to be a continued massive volume of people wanting to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on moving home. (Interviewee 2)There was a general feeling that the market over the next year or two was uncertain and that demand, sales and prices going forward would be hard to predict, as recession as a consequence of the pandemic looks likely, combined with the impact of Brexit: We have concerns about the wider economy, the huge unknown is the economic impact of Covid.Another issue is the post-Brexit economic operating environment which seems to have disappeared from the discussion but it is still a concern. (Interviewee 3)There was consensus that the economic and market outlook was very uncertain, but the impact on the demand for, and sales of, shared ownership was not considered to necessarily be negative. Some interviewees felt that demand for shared ownership would actually increase because of economic uncertainty:13"