PETITIONRejectedPetition · petition.parliament.uk
Ground Rent Abolition for all leasehold apartments.
Abolish ground rent completely for all leasehold apartments. Freeholders are changing nearly £500 ground rent on apartments built in 2016. Such flats are not sellable. STOP these extortion by landlords.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk
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Background
Abolish ground rent completely for all leasehold apartments.
Freeholders are changing nearly £500 ground rent on apartments built in 2016.
Such high ground rent are not acceptable by mortgage lenders as there is a forefeiture clause and Freeholder are not willing to do deed of variation without paying them 10s of thousands.
Such flats are not sellable and a trap.
STOP these extortion by landlords.