Leaseholders to Get Rights to More Easily Challenge Extortionate Service Charges
- Housing Minister Matthew Pennycook announced reforms to regulate managing agents and help leaseholders more easily challenge excessive service charges.
- These reforms follow longstanding issues of high, unclear service charges and the complexity of leasehold arrangements trapping many homeowners financially.
- Key measures include requiring managing agents to be professionally qualified, providing standardized service charge documentation, and stopping leaseholders paying landlords’ legal fees when they win disputes.
- Justin Young, RICS Chief Executive, stated the reforms aim to "raise standards and improve transparency" and empower leaseholders against poor practice in property management.
- The reforms mark a significant step toward ending exploitative leasehold practices and improving housing security, though broader changes will need further legislation over time.
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Millions of UK households face new service charge rules under leasehold shake-up - Birmingham Live
Leaseholders will receive stronger rights, powers and protections to better challenge extortionate service charges thanks to major reforms to the feudal leasehold system
The government has taken a big step to protect leaseholders – but we cannot stop here
How much would you expect to pay to have a lightbulb changed? £2? £20? What about £200? That’s what one of my constituents forked out as part of a service charge for routine maintenance.


Leaseholders to get rights to more easily challenge extortionate service charges
The government is looking at leasehold reforms, giving leaseholders stronger rights, powers and protections to better challenge extortionate service charges.
Government announces service charge reforms … with as much enthusiasm as a visit to the dentist - Leasehold Knowledge Partnership
Exactly a year after the general election, the Labour government has announced another tranche of secondary legislation to the 2024 Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act. Or, rather, consultation on the secondary legislation. This time the measures address standardised service charges – to make them immediately comparable and transparent – and they will include insurance costs and, unexpectedly, the failed section 20 major works process. It is under…
Leaseholders to receive standardised service charge documentation
Leaseholders should be able to challenge unreasonable bills more easily, with standardised documentation for service charge, the government said. The post Leaseholders to receive standardised service charge documentation appeared first on Mortgage Solutions.
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