PA Housing has said that the difficulties of obtaining certification of new homes under the EWS1 form had contributed to a huge shortfall in sales in the last year.

Publishing a trading update and unaudited accounts for the year to March 2021, the 23,000-home association – which is currently in merger talks with Accent Group – said it saw shared ownership sales in the year of £12.4m, 55% below its budgeted amount.

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