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Leasehold: Reform

Commons · Question 12404 · Tabled 23 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 1 Jul 2026

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Asked by Maya Ellis

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the provisions in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 relating to the removal of marriage value in leasehold enfranchisement will be brought into force, and what the

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Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 1 Jul 2026

The government is committed to implementing measures in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 to make enfranchisement cheaper and easier. The Act sets the method for calculating the price of a statutory lease extension or freehold acquisition, known ...