Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]

Explanatory Notes

Related documents

113 The following documents are relevant to the Bill and can be read at the stated locations: 

Government commitment to reducing ground rents on future residential leases to a peppercorn, December 2017:  https://www.gov.uk/government/news/crackdown-on-unfair-leasehold-practices--2  

Government technical consultation on the implementation of this policy, October 2018:   https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/implementing-reforms-to-the-leasehold-system  

Government response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee’s report on Leasehold Reform, July 2019:  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/leasehold-reform-government-response-to-the-select-committee-report  

Announcement that this Bill will also apply to retirement leasehold properties, January 2021: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-reforms-make-it-easier-and-cheaper-for-leaseholders-to-buy-their-homes

 

12th May 2021