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Leasehold: Ground Rent

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 30 June 2025UIN 61661

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 57065 on Leasehold: Ground Rent, what her planned timetable is for that proposed legislation.

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. Further details will be announced in due course.

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