Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 81129

Leasehold: Ground Rent

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to protect leaseholders from increasing ground rents on properties sold prior to the implementation of new leasehold reforms.

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government is committed to addressing unregulated and unaffordable ground rents and we will do this in legislation. We will set out further details in due course.