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	registered interest
	date	09/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Ground Rent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for the provision of affordable homes of reducing the financial value of ground rents to zero.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	162110
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government wants to ensures that consumers only pay for services that they receive. We will introduce legislation so that, in the future, ground rents on newly established leases of houses and flats are set at a peppercorn. Costs incurred by landlords for overseeing and appointing a managing agent, or carrying out wider services, can be recovered through the service charge or a marginally higher sales price.</p><p><br>Prior to introducing any final legislation in Parliament, the Government will undertake a regulatory impact assessment. As part of this evidence-based procedure, we will assess the economic, social, and environmental effects of the policy. This will include an assessment of the economic implications of setting ground rents to a peppercorn in terms of viability, affordability, and supply.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 162109 162111 question first answered 18/07/2018 13:39:54 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

937563

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Ground Rent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the potential merits of (a) capping ground rents at a nominal sum and (b) reducing their value to zero.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	162112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>My Department has been engaging with a range of stakeholders as part of developing a detailed approach to implementing this policy, and is currently exploring various policy options. We will set out further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 17/07/2018 16:36:28 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

937554

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to ban (a) onerous ground rents and (b) the sale of new build leasehold houses.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	162107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for leaseholders and freeholders and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service.</p><p>We will ban the unjustified use of leaseholds on new houses and we will bring forward legislation to do this at the earliest opportunity. Any new government funding scheme will contain the condition that the money cannot support the unjustified use of leasehold for new houses. We want to build more homes but not at any cost. This is an essential step to restore pride and dignity to homeowners everywhere.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 17/07/2018 16:35:33 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

937562

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for the level of housebuilding in each region of reducing the financial value of ground rents to zero.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	162111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government wants to ensures that consumers only pay for services that they receive. We will introduce legislation so that, in the future, ground rents on newly established leases of houses and flats are set at a peppercorn. Costs incurred by landlords for overseeing and appointing a managing agent, or carrying out wider services, can be recovered through the service charge or a marginally higher sales price.</p><p><br>Prior to introducing any final legislation in Parliament, the Government will undertake a regulatory impact assessment. As part of this evidence-based procedure, we will assess the economic, social, and environmental effects of the policy. This will include an assessment of the economic implications of setting ground rents to a peppercorn in terms of viability, affordability, and supply.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 162109 162110 question first answered 18/07/2018 13:39:54 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

937559

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold: Ground Rent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the potential effect on the viability of the leasehold sector of (a) regulating ground rents and (b) removing the financial value of ground rents; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	162109
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government wants to ensures that consumers only pay for services that they receive. We will introduce legislation so that, in the future, ground rents on newly established leases of houses and flats are set at a peppercorn. Costs incurred by landlords for overseeing and appointing a managing agent, or carrying out wider services, can be recovered through the service charge or a marginally higher sales price.</p><p><br>Prior to introducing any final legislation in Parliament, the Government will undertake a regulatory impact assessment. As part of this evidence-based procedure, we will assess the economic, social, and environmental effects of the policy. This will include an assessment of the economic implications of setting ground rents to a peppercorn in terms of viability, affordability, and supply.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 162110 162111 question first answered 18/07/2018 13:39:54 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

937557

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to consult with (a) housebuilders and (b) residential property investors on the Government's proposals for reform of the leasehold system.
	tabling member constituency	Edmonton
	tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
	uin	162108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>In 2017, the Government published a consultation document to seek views leasehold reform. We received an exceptional response with over 6,000 replies, many from developers and investors. Since then, my Department has been engaging with a range of stakeholders as part of developing a detailed approach to implementing this policy.</p><p>To help existing leaseholders the Law Commission is reviewing the law on enfranchisement with a view to making it fair, faster, and cheaper for leaseholders to extend their lease or buy their freehold. They are also considering whether there needs to be a ban on transmitting unfair terms when a lease is sold on.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 16/07/2018 15:15:27 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor