Getting out of Shared Ownership when your Estranged Ex owns a Share!

Kettlebell89

Hi I am in desperate need of advice.  How do I get my Ex off shared ownership mortgage and rent agreement when he will not agree to anything? am I able to force a sale?
We brought a house together 24 years ago but he has never paid a penny towards the rent or mortgage and i have proof. but yet I have asked him to take his name off the property he refuses and asks me to sign it over to him!.   The HA wont take his name off without his consent despite him not living there for the last 16 years and the \Mortgage company wont take his name off the mortgage without his name being taken off the rent.  I would also like his name off the deeds as he hasn't paid a penny.  Is there any way of forcing him to do anything through court or any other avenue?  I really need help with this as I would like to possibly move out and move on with my life.

AskAsk

i don't have experience of shared ownership so can't comment.  however for normal properties, you can force a sale if you are tenants in common.  here is a link that explains how.  i assume you and your ex were never married?

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2008/apr/30/property.mortgages#:~:text=A%20If%20you%20and%20your,you%20can%20force%20a%20sale.&text=If%20there%20is%20no%20such,the%20%22order%20for%20sale%22.

elsien

Married, divorced, never married to the ex at all? 

Kettlebell89

not married to ex