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 DemocratOxford 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 Pennycook
By 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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