Question follow-through · 10616

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill will ban leasehold houses.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
22 Oct 2024
Target answer date
28 Oct 2024
Answer
28 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill will ban leasehold houses.

  2. 28 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Further to the answer I gave to Question UIN 8491 on the 18 October 2024, the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 included a ban on the sale of new residential long leases on houses. This will mean that, when this measure is implemented, other than in ...

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