Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 1309

Flats: Leasehold

Tabled: 23 July 2024
Answered: 26 July 2024
Named Day

Question

Clive Lewis

LabourNorwich South

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timescales are for banning new leasehold flats and ensuring that commonhold is the default tenure.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The Government is committed to bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end.As part of that commitment, we intend to reinvigorate commonhold through a comprehensive new legal framework and ban the sale of new leasehold flats so commonhold becomes the de...

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