The Government has launched a consultation on increasing transparency around charges for homeowners on freehold estates to scrutinise the charges they are liable to pay, challenge the reasonableness of these charges and receive more information on how their estate is managed. It has also launched a second consultation on tackling the growing issue of unadopted amenities on privately managed housing estates in England, where roads, drainage systems, green spaces, and other communal infrastructure are maintained by private estate management companies rather than public authorities.
Richard Fuller MP said:
Many of the provisions I fought for in the last government became law with the introduction of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 - one of the last pieces of legislation passed before Labour came to power in July 2024.
I have continued to lobby the new government and am pleased that they have committed to bringing the remainder of the Act's provisions into effect.
The current step is to hold a consultation to take forward measures from the 2024 Act which create a new regulatory framework to give homeowners on privately managed estates new rights, protections and powers to hold their estate manager to account for the money they spend and another consultation to explore options for reforming this system to reduce the need for estate management arrangements and increase amenity adoption.
This consultations run until March 12th and you can have your say by visiting https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/enhanced-protections-for-homeowners-on-freehold-estates and https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reducing-the-prevalence-of-private-estate-management-arrangements
You can find out more about Richard's work on freehold estate management reform by visiting https://www.richardfuller.co.uk/campaigns/freehold-estate-management-charge-reform
