Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024

Act of Parliament

This bill passed all stages in both Houses and received Royal Assent.

Originated in CommonsCurrently in UnassignedUpdated 15 April 2025

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Long title

A bill to prohibit the grant or assignment of certain new long residential leases of houses, to amend the rights of tenants under long residential leases to acquire the freeholds of their houses, to extend the leases of their houses or flats, and to collectively enfranchise or manage the buildings containing their flats, to give such tenants the right to reduce the rent payable under their leases to a peppercorn, to regulate the relationship between residential landlords and tenants, to regulate residential estate management, to regulate rentcharges and to amend the Building Safety Act 2022 in connection with the remediation of building defects and the insolvency of persons who have repairing obligations relating to certain kinds of buildings.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading· Commons

    27 November 2023 – 27 November 2023

  2. 2nd reading· Commons

    11 December 2023 – 11 December 2023

  3. Programme motion· Commons

    11 December 2023 – 11 December 2023

  4. Money resolution· Commons

    11 December 2023 – 11 December 2023

  5. Ways and Means resolution· Commons

    11 December 2023 – 11 December 2023

  6. Committee stage· Commons

    16 January 2024 – 30 January 2024

  7. Report stage· Commons

    27 February 2024 – 27 February 2024

  8. 3rd reading· Commons

    27 February 2024 – 27 February 2024

  9. 1st reading· Lords

    28 February 2024 – 28 February 2024

  10. 2nd reading· Lords

    27 March 2024 – 27 March 2024

  11. Committee stage· Lords

    22 April 2024 – 1 May 2024

  12. Report stage· Lords

    24 May 2024 – 24 May 2024

  13. 3rd reading· Lords

    24 May 2024 – 24 May 2024

  14. Consideration of Lords amendments· Commons

    24 May 2024 – 24 May 2024

  15. Royal Assent· Unassigned

    24 May 2024 – 24 May 2024

Source: UK Parliament Bills API. Bill ID: 3523.