The Leasehold Revolution: A New Era of Home Ownership or Just Another Set of Problems? The leasehold system has been a contentious issue in England and Wales for centuries.
With over five million leaseholders facing rising service charges and ground rent costs, the government is introducing reforms to fundamentally change how flats are owned.
The proposed Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill aims to ban new leasehold flats and replace them with commonhold, where residents collectively own and manage their buildings.