Vote forced over scrapping 'feudal' leaseholds after government ditched plans

Labour is set to force a vote on ending leaseholds after the government backtracked on its pledge to abolish them.

Now the opposition plans to force a vote on ending leaseholds, describing the watering down of rental reform plans as a 'scandal'.

Leaseholding gives the householder the right to live in a property for a fixed number of years, but there are increasing concerns about practices including hefty charges and a lack of transparency. He wanted to replace leaseholds for flats with a ‘commonhold system’. It’s used in other countries and would let owners make joint decisions about what happens in shared areas of the building.

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