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Leasehold: Reform

Asked by Darren PaffeyLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 21 February 2025UIN 29698

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's planned timetable for abolishing ground rents and implementing broader leasehold reforms is.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 21 November 2024 (HCWS244).

On 31 January 2025, provisions in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 to remove the two-year qualifying period in relation to enfranchisement and lease extensions came into force.

On 10 February, we laid regulations in Parliament to implement the reforms contained in the Act concerning the Right to Manage and these will come into force on Monday 3 March.

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