Consultation On Leasehold Reform: A Wide-Ranging Project

On 25 July 2017 the Department for Communities and Local Government issued a consultation paper "Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market" seeking views on "prohibiting the sale of new build leasehold houses, limiting ground rents and protecting leaseholders from possession orders". The consultation follows on from the Housing White Paper issued in February 2017 which highlighted the government's aim to "improve customer choice and fairness in the leasehold sector" and its "commitment to consult on a range of measures to tackle unfair and unreasonable abuses of leasehold".

The consultation paper outlines four key areas for reform:

Limiting the sale of new build leasehold houses