29 September 2025
The Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE), responds to the MHCLG consultation paper, “Strengthening leaseholder protections over charges and services.”
LEASE’s remit is to provide summary, general and initial legal advice regarding the rights and obligations of owners of residential leasehold property and park homes and from that standpoint we appreciate the opportunity to contribute to this critical reform process.
LEASE welcomes the consultation as a timely opportunity to modernise and strengthen the framework for service charges, administration charges, insurance and major works consultation. While the current system provides some protections, there remain significant gaps in transparency and fairness. These issues particularly affect leaseholders in mixed-use blocks, retirement housing and developments with complex ownership structures.
Our submission is guided by a core set of principles:
- championing enhanced transparency;
- ensuring fairness for all parties, and;
- advocating for a regulatory framework that is both proportionate and practical.
Please read the full summary here.
