Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 72610

Leasehold: Reform

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Mike Martin

Liberal DemocratTunbridge Wells

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to address the loophole in the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 whereby freeholders can retain undemised flats to prevent buildin

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government wants to support leaseholders to take control of the management of their buildings through the right to manage or to enfranchise should they wish to do so. That is why we have already implemented the provisions in the Leasehold and Freehold...

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