Leasehold Valuation Tribunal

(asked on 23rd April 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to take steps to make Leaseholder Tribunal services more accessible.


Answered by
Eddie Hughes Portrait
Eddie Hughes
This question was answered on 29th April 2021

The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for homeowners including strengthening access to redress for consumers in the housing market.

Leaseholders may be liable to pay the legal costs of their landlord regardless of the outcome of a legal challenge - even if they win the case. This may depend on the terms set out in their lease. This can lead to leaseholders facing bills that are higher than the charges they were seeking to challenge in the first place. It can also deter leaseholders from taking their concerns to a tribunal.

The Government believes leaseholders should not be subject to unjustified legal costs and will close the legal loopholes that allow this to happen.

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