Written question asked by Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Labour) on Thursday, 14 July 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 28 July 2016. It was answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 July 2016 on behalf of the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Leasehold

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to extend the requirements of the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007 and the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to require landlords of leasehold properties to belong to a redress scheme.

Answer

The Government is not persuaded that more burdensome approaches to regulate landlords would be effective. Leaseholders in dispute with their landlord can apply to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) in England and the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal in Wales to seek redress.

The Government is extending leaseholders’ access to redress by including provisions in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 that will address an irregularity concerning the inability of courts and tribunals to restrict recovery of a landlord’s legal costs from leaseholders as administrative charges, where they consider a restriction on recovery to be just and equitable. The Government plans to introduce related secondary legislation by summer 2017.

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Type: Written question
Reference: HL1233
Session: 2016-17
Subjects: Compensation Leasehold Landlords
Legislation: Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007; Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Leasehold

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