Freehold: Service Charges

(asked on 23rd May 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to tackle concerns of freeholders subject to high estate charges.


Answered by
Rachel Maclean Portrait
Rachel Maclean
This question was answered on 30th May 2023

We want to make estate management companies more accountable to their freeholders for how their money is spent


When Parliamentary time allows, the Government intends to legislate to ensure that freehold homeowners who pay estate rentcharges have the right to challenge their reasonableness and to go to the tribunal to appoint a manager to manage the provision of services.

In addition, we will remove the statutory right for owners of rentcharges to take possession or grant a lease of the property in the event of non-payment by the homeowner.

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