Policy papers and consultations

​​This call for evidence seeks to understand the impact of the leaseholder protections where a leasehold property is owned by 2 or more individuals.​

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 4 April 2024

• Call for evidence: Jointly owned properties

  Background: The Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) provides far-reaching…

This consultation seeks views on capping the maximum ground rent that residential leaseholders can be required to pay in England and Wales.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 8 December 2023

• Modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases

  Scope of the consultation Topic of this consultation: This consultation…

Impact assessment for the government’s consultation “modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases”. ​

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 6 December 2023

This consultation seeks views on a number of reforms to the leasehold and commonhold system following recommendations in the Law Commission’s reports published in July 2020.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 27 November 2023

This is a call for evidence on the issues in leaseholder-owned buildings that are covered by the leaseholder protections in other buildings.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
• Updated: 22 August 2022

A response by the government to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee's report on leasehold reform.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 3 July 2019

We are seeking views on how to implement the government’s reforms to the leasehold system in England to improve the housing market for consumers.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 27 June 2019

Seeks views on prohibiting the sale of new build leasehold houses, limiting ground rents and protecting leaseholders from possession orders.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 21 December 2017

This discussion paper looks at ways to raise awareness with residential leaseholders about taking a complaint against their property manager to a government approved redress scheme.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 26 March 2015

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This discussion paper considers what can be done to make it easier for leaseholders to gain recognition of a tenants association.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 23 March 2015

This technical paper provides an estimate of the number of residential dwellings owned on long leasehold in England.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 12 August 2014

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Proposals to update the mandatory directions to include all future central government assistance for works of repair, maintenance or improvement.

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 11 August 2014

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation paper contains proposals and the associated impact assessment for updating the property value limits which are used to determine…

• From: Closed organisation: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
• Updated: 14 June 2011

First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government