Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 82708

Leasehold: Mould

Tabled: 16 October 2025
Answered: 24 October 2025

Question

Catherine West

LabourHornsey and Friern Barnet

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to extend (a) support and (b) protection to leaseholders experiencing damp and mould problems outside of the scope of the Hazards in Social Ho

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
Individual leases set out obligations for building maintenance and failure by the landlord to take action can mean a breach of the lease, which leaseholders may seek to pursue through an application to the County Court. Leaseholders can approach the Lease...

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