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You are here: Home / Ground rent scandal / STOP Selling new build leasehold houses demands Leader of the House of Commons

STOP Selling new build leasehold houses demands Leader of the House of Commons

February 23, 2017 //  by Martin Boyd

Andrew Selous MPIn the House of Commons today one of the latest members of the leasehold reform APPG spoke passionately about the scandal of leasehold houses.

MP for South West Bedfordshire, Andrew Selous, raised the unacceptable practice of large developers buying freehold land on which they then sell houses on a leasehold basis.  This is currently taking place with Persimmon in Leighton Buzzard and with Galliford Try (Linden Homes) in Dunstable.  Taylor Wimpey, to their credit, have stopped this practice.

The response from the leader of the House of Commons the David Ledingtron MP could not haRt Hon David Lidington MPve been clearer. “Other than in a very few exceptional circumstances, I do not see why new houses should not be built and sold with the freehold interest at the point of sale”

Andrew adds “I was very pleased with the robust response the Leader of the House of Commons gave to my question.  We need urgent action to stop this unacceptable practice now and also to quickly and cheaply correct these past unacceptable practices to enable local home owners in Leighton Buzzard and Dunstable to gain quick and cheap access to the freehold of their properties if that is what they want to do.  I intend to carry on campaigning on this issue until developers stop this practice and help those already caught by it”.

The Hansard report the exchange is as follows:

Andrew Selous (South West Bedfordshire) (Con): 

May we have an early debate, followed by legislation, to prevent the unacceptable practice of large developers buying freehold land on which they then sell new houses on a leasehold basis? Taylor Wimpey has, to its credit, stopped that practice, and I very much hope that Persimmon and Galliford Try will do likewise. Many young people and first-time buyers using the help to buy scheme feel that they are being ripped off by this practice, which is unnecessary and unacceptable, and we need action.

Mr Lidington:

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this issue today. Developers should be building homes for people to live in, not creating income opportunities from ground rents or charging fees to alter properties, or selling on freeholds to investors or financial institutions. Other than in a very few exceptional circumstances, I do not see why new houses should not be built and sold with the freehold interest at the point of sale. My hon. Friend the Housing Minister has said that he intends to stamp out the “unfair, unjust and unacceptable abuse of the leasehold system”—[Official Report, 20 December 2016; Vol. 618, c. 1354.] and our housing White Paper highlights the Government’s commitment to consult on a range of measures to tackle all unfair and unreasonable abuses.

LKP congratulates Andrew Selous for being the latest MP to raise the issue of leasehold houses and hopes he will become a very active member of the APPG.

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