Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 42645
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, what steps she is taking to ensure that existing leaseholders with (a) unregulated and (b) uncapped ground rents are able to secure buyers for their properties.
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.