Far beyond time for this to be in the bin, I think there is one other country in the world that allows it. Hopefully the day will come when renters are placed on the same footing too, even if its clearly not going to be any time soon.
Also on Groves reforms just happening to include ways for landowners to undermine the entire system while superficially looking good, thats not some accident.
Now scrap existing leases on private houses.
Good to see, but a shame that the plans only apply to new housing developments, and they’re being very vague about anything after that. Seems to take an extremely long time to do anything on this issue despite the changes apparently having wide support
Can someone explain to me how being a leaseholder is different than being a renter (I’m an American)?
Its technically the same as renting, but there’s a lot of stupid historical reasons that make it awkward. You could be a leaseholder with a 1000 year contract costing a few pennies per year. Which makes you, for all intents and purposes, an owner of the property.
