This Extract is from page 25 for the notes provided by the Government on today’s King’s Speech
4.5 Leasehold and commonhold reform
On 20 February 2023, Michael Gove, Secretary of State at the Department for
Levelling Up, Housing and Communities referred to the possibility of
legislation being including in the King’s Speech:
We hope, in the forthcoming King’s Speech, to introduce legislation to
fundamentally reform the system. Leaseholders, not just in this case but in so
many other cases, are held to ransom by freeholders. We need to end this
feudal form of tenure and ensure individuals have the right to enjoy their own
property fully.
More information can be found in the Library briefing, Leasehold and
commonhold reform and the constituency casework article Leasehold reform
in England and Wales: What’s happening and when?
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-8047/
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/leasehold-reform-in-england-and-wales/