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Leasehold Reform

Proceeding contribution from Lee Rowley (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 May 2023. It occurred during Opposition day on Leasehold Reform.

I do not know the detail about the particular situation that the hon. Lady outlined, but I would encourage the leaseholders to use all available avenues. There is redress, although I accept it works in some instances and not in others, but I would say to those residents: change is coming.

We have said that too often leaseholders are being charged exploitative and multiplying ground rents, in exchange for no, few or inadequate services; high charges are being levied in order to respond to simple requests; unaffordable costs to buy out the freeholder or extend the leasehold are being applied; upgrades, such as electrical charging points, to blocks are frustrated by rigid leases; or, as the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West) indicated, urgent repairs to buildings are being neglected. That does not meet the definition of home ownership by anyone, in this Chamber or beyond.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
733 c171 
Session
2022-23
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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