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Leasehold: Ground Rent

Asked by Apsana BegumLabourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 7 April 2025UIN 42645

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that existing leaseholders with (a) unregulated and (b) uncapped ground rents are able to secure buyers for their properties.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

The government remains firmly committed to its manifesto commitment to tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rents, and we will deliver this in legislation.

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