Service Charges: Overcharging
Commons · Question 9256 · Tabled 11 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Iqbal Mohamed
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the SHAC 2025 review of First Tier Tribunal decisions which identified an overcharging rate of 63% in service charge accounts; and what
Answer
Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 22 Jun 2026
My Department has made no specific assessment of the review in question. The government recognises the considerable financial strain that rising services charges place on leaseholders and tenants. The level of service charge that leaseholders pay depends ...