The government has been accused of dragging its feet over a ban on “outrageous” new leasehold houses.
The reforms to property ownership are set to be debated by MPs as a long-awaited bill to effectively restrict ground rents for new leasehold properties to zero arrives in the Commons for its second reading today.
The government has promised to outlaw new leasehold houses since 2017 but the pledge does not appear in the new bill.
The Department of Levelling Up said: “We remain committed to banning the sale of new leasehold houses. We will set out further… reforms in due course.”
