Policy Threads

29 Apr 2026 | Announcement Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Housing Minister speech on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform

The aim of this government, by the end of this Parliament, is nothing short of its dismantling and the corresponding emancipation of leaseholders.

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25 Mar 2026 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

RPC statement: draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill

The Regulatory Policy Committee received an impact assessment for the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 19 March 2026.

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27 Jan 2026 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Commonhold and Leasehold Reform (Written Ministerial Statement HLWS1278 — Lords)

My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning has today made the following statement: the government has published the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill in draft for pre-legislative scrutiny.

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4 Jul 2025 | Announcement Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Strengthening leaseholder consumer rights — Written Ministerial Statement HCWS780

With a view to better protecting leaseholders, I am pleased to announce that the government has launched a wide-ranging consultation on proposals to hold landlords and managing agents to account.

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3 Jul 2025 | Announcement Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Millions of leaseholders backed with strengthened rights

By switching on measures in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024, almost five million leaseholders in England and Wales will receive the transparency they need to hold their landlords to account.

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21 Nov 2024 | Announcement Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government linked

Sweeping reforms to give leaseholders more powers and protections

The government will also introduce its new draft Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill in the second half of 2025, a crucial step towards the next generation of homeowners benefitting from a more modern commonhold system.

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