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Leasehold

Question for Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

UIN HL12030, tabled on 11 January 2021

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of leaseholders who will be able to afford extending their leaseholds by 990 years.

Answered on

25 January 2021

Long leases provide long term security for leaseholders and save them money by avoiding the need for multiple lease extensions

The Government remains committed to promoting fairness and transparency for homeowners and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service.

Our reforms seek to achieve this, by taking account of the legitimate rights of freeholders but addressing historic imbalance to ensure fairness for leaseholders. We will continue to ensure we meet this objective as we bring forward reforms.

In line with usual practice, the Government’s intention would be to publish an impact assessment on our leasehold reforms as part of taking primary legislation through Parliament.