Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 44080

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

Tabled: 3 April 2025
Answered: 10 April 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of non-qualifying leaseholder status on the ability of impacted leaseholders to sell their properties in buildings

Answer

Alex Norris
If the non-qualifying lease status automatically disappeared at the point of sale, it would mean that the original holders of non-qualifying leases could effectively pass the additional costs of remediation onto freeholders, which would not align with the...
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