Create a new body to regulate landlord and freeholder service charges
We want the Government to create a new body that is empowered to monitor and regulate private, council, and housing association service charges, and impose meaningful penalties for unfair, inaccurate, and unreasonable service charges.
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- 19 JUN 2025Petition closedFinal total: 12,125 signatures
- 19 MAY 2025Government respondedMinistry of Housing, Communities & Local GovernmentGovernment reply
The Government will consult this year on measures in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 to increase service charge transparency, enabling better scrutiny and challenge of unreasonable charges.
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