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Leaseholders will be able to buy their homes as government announces reforms

11.01.2021

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary Robert Jenrick has set out measures that will enable leaseholders in England to extend their leases by a maximum term of 990 years at zero ground rent.

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Green paper to explore how to meet the costs of planning

27.06.2019

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary James Brokenshire has confirmed that an accelerated planning green paper will be published later this year. It will consider new approaches to meeting the cost of the planning service.

We need to move beyond the feudal leasehold system

14.12.2018

Michael Voges

The current leasehold reform agenda is developing at pace – with new proposals on right to manage, enfranchisement, ground rents and leasehold houses being developed by the Ministry of Housing and the Law...

Statistics reveal nearly a fifth of housing stock is leasehold

29.10.2018

Laura Edgar

England | Housing | leasehold

Government estimates suggest there were 4.3 million leasehold dwellings in England in 2016/17. This equates to 18 per cent of the country’s housing stock.

Brokenshire to cap new leases at £10

15.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Housing secretary James Brokenshire has launched a consultation on the government’s plans for most new-build homes to be sold as freehold and for the ground rents on new leases to be capped at just £10.

England round-up: Khan should set up an OSM procurement programme, says report; Call for community land trusts to be exempt from leasehold reforms

01.09.2017

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news in England: 26 August-1 September, 2017

Call for community land trusts to be exempt from leasehold reforms

31.08.2017

Laura Edgar

community land trust | DCLG | England | Housing | leasehold

A housing charity says the government’s proposed reforms for leasehold would become a ‘stranglehold’ for community-led housing providers that could jeopardise thousands of new homes.

Plans to ban new homes being sold as leasehold announced

25.07.2017

Laura Edgar

England | Help To Buy | Housing | leasehold | Sajid Javid

Communities secretary Sajid Javid has announced proposals to stop new homes being sold as leasehold as the government attempts to deliver a fairer and more transparent system for homebuyers.