Strengthening leaseholder protections over fees, charges and services: consultation

Scope of this consultation Topic of this consultation The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (“the 2024 Act”) introduces a range of reforms to improve home ownership for millions of leaseholders in England and Wales. It includes measures to improve the rights of existing leaseholders and help them better hold their landlords to account by increasing transparency of service charges and building insurance policies, as well as by tackling unjustified litigation costs. This will help leaseholders to better scrutinise and challenge unfair fees and charges as well as the reasonableness of the services they pay for. This consultation seeks views on how to implement these new requirements. This consultation also seeks views on new proposals for reform around the charges leaseholders pay and services they receive. These include the UK government commitments set out in the Written Ministerial Statement of 21 November 2024 to reform the m