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 the increase to the collective enfranchisement threshold for mixed use premises from 25% commercial to 50% into force.

The government’s intention is to commence Section 29 of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act alongside other enfranchisement provisions contained within it.

To commence the Act’s enfranchisement provisions, we need to rectify via primary legislation a small number of specific but serious flaws that prevent certain provisions from operating as intended.

The King’s Speech on 13 May 2026 confirmed that we will do so through the forthcoming Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill.