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25 Mar Home affairs

Conservative Voters Support Contentious Leasehold Reforms

Conservative voters are keen to see ground rents abolished on leasehold properties, despite significant pushback from within the parliamentary party to water down the major reform put forward by housing secretary Michael Gove.

10 Mar Communities

Housing Minister Says Housing Is "Never Really The Problem"

Housing Minister Lee Rowley has said that housing itself is "never really actually the problem,” a few months after taking on the job of leading the UK government’s strategy on housing, planning and building safety.

27 Feb Home affairs

Government Is Steadfast On Reforming Leasehold Despite Resistance

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will receive its third reading on Tuesday and Government remains steadfast on its commitment to reform, vowing to strengthen the Bill despite backlash from some Tory MPs.

22 Jan Home affairs

Labour MP Says Leasehold System Is Trapping People In Homes They Can't Sell

Labour MP Barry Gardiner has put forward an amendment to the Leasehold and Freehold Bill to reform service charges and remove another income stream for freeholders, as he continues to campaign for the abolition of the leasehold system.

10 Jan Home affairs

Contentious Ground Rents Could Cling On In New Leasehold Bill

Leasehold campaigners are concerned the Leasehold and Freehold Bill will not cap ground rents to peppercorn rates, a measure that would significantly ease the financial burden on leaseholders.

02 Jan Home affairs

Hopes Rise For Spring Reform Of “Feudal” Leasehold System, But Legal Concerns Remain

Parliamentarians and campaigners are hopeful the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, which seeks to tackle “inequality” in the housing market, could be put into law early next year, after it faced little opposition in the House of Commons.

06 Dec 2023 Home affairs

Tory MPs and Housing Industry Leaders Clash Over Leasehold Reform

A number of Conservative MPs and housing industry leaders have clashed over a key part of the upcoming Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, after the Government promised to tackle "unfair" ground rents faced by leaseholders.

27 Nov 2023 Political parties

What To Expect In The New Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill

A Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will be brought forward in Parliament on Monday afternoon, as campaigners and MPs gear up to widen the Bill’s scope and make it more radical.

06 Nov 2023 Home affairs

What To Expect On Government Leasehold Reform

A Leasehold Bill is widely expected to be included in the King’s Speech on Tuesday, and campaigners are pushing the Government to reform the system.

19 Sep 2023 Home affairs

Housing Advocates Want Government To Reform "Medieval" Leasehold System

Housing campaigners are eager for Government to reform the “medieval” leasehold system this year by tackling high annual costs and making it easier for leaseholders to buy the freehold of a home.

02 Jun 2021 Communities

The Ground Rent Bill is a missed opportunity to end the leasehold scandal

The scandal of new homes with doubling ground rents goes back years, impacting a potential 4.5 million leaseholders. People shouldn’t have to wait for the glacial pace of government to fix this unfair system.

24 Feb 2021 Communities

The government has failed to tackle the cladding crisis at every stage – it’s time to fix their broken promises

Government must do the right thing for the victims and survivors of Grenfell and their families, as well as ensuring leaseholders are not left to foot the bill of fire safety remediation costs.

12 Feb 2021 Communities

Government action must go further to prevent remedial cladding costs being passed to leaseholders

It is not fair to ask leaseholders to keep pouring their money into a bottomless pit for being sold unsafe homes. The McPartland-Smith amendments to the Fire Safety Bill will bring an end to this nightmare.

11 Feb 2021 Communities

The government will betray a generation of leaseholders unless they provide funding to remediate dodgy cladding on all tower blocks

The money on offer is only a third of the £15 billion needed to make every home safe from fire and the exclusion of tower blocks below 18 metres from any support will saddle working families with long term debt.

11 Dec 2020 Communities

Government cannot continue with 'sticking plaster solutions' to meet fire safety standards

It is astonishing that leaseholders have been left to cover 100% of the costs to make buildings safe. This should be the government's responsibility.

Millions of leaseholders to benefit from Law Commission reforms

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21 Jul 2020 Economy

Millions of leaseholders to benefit from Law Commission reforms

The Commission’s reforms will lay the foundations for future home ownership to be freehold and tackle some key issues that existing leaseholders currently face.