Social Rented Housing: Service Charges
Commons · Question 62225 · Tabled 24 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Layla Moran
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of implementing a Dispute Resolution Scheme, similar to the Tenancy Deposit Scheme, to resolve service charge disputes betwee
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 8 Jul 2025
By law, variable service charges must be reasonable. Overcharging through service charges is completely unacceptable. Should tenants of private registered providers of social housing wish to contest the reasonableness of their service charges, they may ma...