Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 62225
Social Rented Housing: Service Charges
Tabled: 24 June 2025
Answered: 8 July 2025
Question
Layla Moran
Liberal Democrat — Oxford West and Abingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing a Dispute Resolution Scheme, similar to the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, to resolve service charge disputes betwee
Answer
Matthew PennycookBy law, variable service charges must be reasonable. Overcharging through service charges is completely unacceptable. Should tenants of private registered providers of social housing wish to contest the reasonableness of their service charges, they may ma...
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