Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 42644
Leasehold: Ground Rent
Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 7 April 2025
Question
Apsana Begum
Labour — Poplar and Limehouse
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with mortgage-lenders on ensuring that existing leaseholders with (a) unregulated and (b) uncapped ground rents are able to secure buyers for thei
Answer
Matthew PennycookThe government remains firmly committed to its manifesto commitment to tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rents, and we will deliver this in legislation.