Member

Finally, Amendment 143 addresses the very real risk of failed property sales—a common scenario for shared ownership leaseholders. Under the current Bill, a leaseholder who gives notice under ground 1 or ground 1A, and then sees their sale fall through, could be left with an empty property and no legal recourse. This amendment proposes a narrow but vital exemption from those provisions to protect leaseholders from being penalised simply because a sale did not proceed. It would introduce a degree of compassion and common sense into the Bill that would prevent further instability for a group already navigating the complexities of hybrid tenure.