Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the leasehold reforms referred to by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government in her oral contribution of 11 July 2019, Official report, column 552.

The Government is committed to reforming the leasehold market so that it is fairer for consumers. This includes banning new leasehold houses, unless there are exceptional circumstances, and reducing ground rents for both houses and flats to zero

We will also give freeholders on private and mixed-tenure estates the right to challenge the reasonableness of these charges and the ability to apply to the First-tier Tribunal to appoint a new property manager

The Government will bring forward the legislation to implement these changes as soon as parliamentary time allows.