Flats: Leasehold
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timescales are for banning new leasehold flats and ensuring that commonhold is the default tenure.
Answered by Matthew Pennycook
The Government is committed to bringing the feudal leasehold system to an end.
As part of that commitment, we intend to reinvigorate commonhold through a comprehensive new legal framework and ban the sale of new leasehold flats so commonhold becomes the default tenure.
As set out in the King’s Speech, draft legislation will be published on leasehold and commonhold reform during this session.
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