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Home Ownership: Essex

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 81150

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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of Essex homeowners in financial hardship due to escalating ground rent clauses.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

I refer the hon. Member to UIN 74455 on 15 September 2025.

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