Leasehold: Repairs and Maintenance
2026-06-08 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · 8208 · Official question
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...