Leasehold reforms set to be walked back after investor lobbying

Moves to make it harder to repossess leasehold homes over unpaid charges

Forfeiture means leaseholders can be threatened with losing their home if they do not pay service charges.

Gove forced to dilute plans to cap leasehold ground rents in England and Wales

Levelling-up secretary abandons reforms after opposition from Treasury and lobbying by pension managers

Leasehold misery to continue as Gove's zero ground rent plan blocked

Leaseholders trapped by high ground rent face another blow as pension fund lobbying against housing bill sways Downing Street

Tories accused of ditching manifesto pledge to remove ground rents

Michael Gove is losing his battle to reform current leaseholds, Sunday Times reports

Leasehold reforms set to be walked back after investor lobbying

Plans to cap ground rents on leasehold properties are set to be walked back after lobbying from pension funds and investors, according to reports. Housing secretary Michael Gove has been forced to abandon his plans to bring in a cap and reduce annual payments to ‘peppercorn’ rates or almost nothing, the Financial Times reported. It came after the story first emerged in The Sunday Times that pension fund managers had urged No10 not to go ahead wi…

Leasehold reform: government undecided on ground rent

Policy will be set out 'in due course' amid speculation that Michael Gove is facing resistance over housing reform.