Written questions

Leasehold: Repairs and Maintenance

2026-06-08 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · 8208 · Official question

Rebecca Paul

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that residents’ management companies which hold the freehold on behalf of leaseholders are not treated as commercial freeholders for the purpose

Answer

The leaseholder protections, which cap liability for paying towards certain remediation costs, do not apply to buildings where some or all the leaseholders have acquired the freehold. RMCs who hold the freehold on behalf of leaseholders can use remediatio...