Leasehold Reform Debate
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Lord Kamall
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(1 year, 9 months ago)
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Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)
The planning system will have to be looked into, but I can say that, interestingly, through the recent rent Act, new builds are now no longer or are very rarely leasehold—they are now freehold—so the developers themselves are looking at this. It is more complex in flats and with multiple occupancy, but in terms of houses very few leasehold properties are available.
Lord Kamall (Con)
My noble friend the Minister will be aware that in many cases the freeholder is a local authority. Can she advise us on what conversations her department has had with local authorities across the country, or representative bodies of local authorities, to make sure that they make it easier for leaseholders to acquire their properties?
Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con)
I will write to the noble Lord with all the details of those conversations. They are being had, but I will give him more information when I write.