Question follow-through · 106248
Leasehold and Shared Ownership Schemes: Service Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will set out the mechanisms for leaseholders and shared ownership tenants to challenge unexpected or excessive maintenance charges; and whether his Department plans to (a)
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 15 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will set out the mechanisms for leaseholders and shared ownership tenants to challenge unexpected or excessive maintenance charges; and whether his Department plans to (a)
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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20 Jan 2026
Answer published
Most shared owners have a landlord who is a member of the Housing Ombudsman Service. Tenants can therefore take complaints about service charges, not including fees, to the Ombudsman.The new Social and Affordable Homes Programme places new expectations on...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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