Asked by: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the incentives required to encourage housing developers to join a voluntary energy-use monitoring scheme.
Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
We are committed to ensuring that good quality homes are built which meet the energy efficiency standards they were designed to. That is why, as part of the Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation, we are consulting on introducing a post-occupancy fabric performance testing scheme for new homes.
We are proposing that developers opt-in to performance testing a proportion of their new homes. This would enable us to gather better data on how significantly new homes are underperforming.
We envisage that many developers will opt-in to the performance testing scheme and have been encouraged by work some developers are already doing to monitor and improve the actual performance of their homes.
Asked by: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce mandatory energy performance testing for new homes.
Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
We are committed to ensuring that good quality homes are built which meet the energy efficiency standards they were designed to. That is why, as part of the Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation, we are consulting on introducing a post-occupancy fabric performance testing scheme for new homes.
We are proposing that developers opt-in to performance testing a proportion of their new homes. This would enable us to gather better data on how significantly new homes are underperforming.
We envisage that many developers will opt-in to the performance testing scheme and have been encouraged by work some developers are already doing to monitor and improve the actual performance of their homes.
Asked by: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to stop managing agents charging leaseholders excessive commission charges for renewing buildings insurance.
Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill seeks to ban the placer of insurance on residential leasehold properties from receiving any form of commission that is passed on to leaseholders as a cost. Instead, costs relating to the placement and management of buildings insurance will be issued through a transparent handling fee, proportionate to the value of the work done. The detail will be set out in affirmative secondary legislation.
Transparency reforms within the Bill will require the placer of insurance to disclose information about their decision-making process when purchasing buildings insurance on behalf of leaseholders. These measures will support responsible, transparent, and accountable sourcing of buildings insurance for leaseholders of multi-occupancy buildings.
Asked by: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to set the deferment rate in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill to 5 per cent or greater.
Answered by Baroness Penn
Our reforms will make it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to extend their lease or purchase their freehold. An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has been carried out and published on the Parliament website at: Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament.
The rates used in enfranchisement valuation calculations will be prescribed by the Secretary of State and the Government is giving further consideration to how these rates should be reached.
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is A1P1 ECHR compliant as introduced on 27 November 2023.
We are going to launch an online calculator which will help leaseholders understand how much it will cost to extend their lease or purchase their freehold upfront.
Asked by: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce an online calculator for the cost of lease extensions under the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill.
Answered by Baroness Penn
Our reforms will make it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to extend their lease or purchase their freehold. An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has been carried out and published on the Parliament website at: Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament.
The rates used in enfranchisement valuation calculations will be prescribed by the Secretary of State and the Government is giving further consideration to how these rates should be reached.
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is A1P1 ECHR compliant as introduced on 27 November 2023.
We are going to launch an online calculator which will help leaseholders understand how much it will cost to extend their lease or purchase their freehold upfront.
Asked by: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether leasehold reform breaches the human rights of freeholders as property owners.
Answered by Baroness Penn
Our reforms will make it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to extend their lease or purchase their freehold. An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has been carried out and published on the Parliament website at: Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament.
The rates used in enfranchisement valuation calculations will be prescribed by the Secretary of State and the Government is giving further consideration to how these rates should be reached.
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is A1P1 ECHR compliant as introduced on 27 November 2023.
We are going to launch an online calculator which will help leaseholders understand how much it will cost to extend their lease or purchase their freehold upfront.
Asked by: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will specify (1) the deferment rate, and (2) the rate for discounting future ground rent schemes, in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill.
Answered by Baroness Penn
Our reforms will make it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to extend their lease or purchase their freehold. An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has been carried out and published on the Parliament website at: Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament.
The rates used in enfranchisement valuation calculations will be prescribed by the Secretary of State and the Government is giving further consideration to how these rates should be reached.
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is A1P1 ECHR compliant as introduced on 27 November 2023.
We are going to launch an online calculator which will help leaseholders understand how much it will cost to extend their lease or purchase their freehold upfront.
Asked by: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill on the cost and speed of extending leaseholds.
Answered by Baroness Penn
Our reforms will make it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to extend their lease or purchase their freehold. An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has been carried out and published on the Parliament website at: Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament.
The rates used in enfranchisement valuation calculations will be prescribed by the Secretary of State and the Government is giving further consideration to how these rates should be reached.
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is A1P1 ECHR compliant as introduced on 27 November 2023.
We are going to launch an online calculator which will help leaseholders understand how much it will cost to extend their lease or purchase their freehold upfront.
Asked by: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 20 July (HL9153), whether legislation in the Renters (Reform) Bill will override leases in apartment blocks which ban short lets.
Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
I refer the noble Lord to the previous answer given on this matter HL9153 on 20 July 2023.
Asked by: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 20 July (HL9154), whether inserted sections 16B and 16C of clause 7 of the Renters (Reform) Bill will override leases in blocks of flats which explicitly prohibit pets which may cause a nuisance.
Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Further to the answer given in response to question HL9154 on 20 July, sections 16B and 16C of the Renters (Reform) Bill will not override lease agreements that prohibit pets.