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Leasehold: Reform

Asked by Dr Allison GardnerLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 28 October 2024UIN 10616

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill will ban leasehold houses.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

Further to the answer I gave to Question UIN 8491 on the 18 October 2024, the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 included a ban on the sale of new residential long leases on houses. This will mean that, when this measure is implemented, other than in exceptional circumstances all new houses must be sold on a freehold basis.

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