At Catalyst, we are conscious of the fact that at times, circumstances may change within households. For instance, you may want to add or release a person from the lease. In order to go ahead with this, there are a number of things which you have to do, before Catalyst Housing consents to a change in the ownership of your home.

• You should instruct a solicitor to act for you in this matter
• You will need to provide us with an undertaking from the person to be removed or added to the lease or equity loan agreement, confirming their consent
• If you have a mortgage, contact your building society or lender to advise them of your intentions as they may have their own criteria which you will have to meet
• You must also satisfy Catalyst that you are able to maintain the outgoings associated with home ownership

When all the relevant paperwork has been received, Catalyst will be in a position to review the case before granting approval.

Once consent has been given, your solicitor will need to provide us with a signed copy of a TR1 form for execution by the Association and, on completion of registration, a copy of the Land Registry document. This will enable us to update Leaseholder or Equity Loanee details on our database.

If you are adding a name to a shared ownership lease there will need to be a Licence to Assign and Charge, for which there will be an additional cost.

The administration fee for the transfer consent application is £50 and is non refundable.