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Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024: leasehold house ban, enfranchisement reforms, service charge and estate management changes, right to manage, rentcharges, and Building Safety Act amendments (England and Wales)

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This Practice Note summarises the provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (LFRA 2024), much of which is not yet in force.

  • bans the grant or assignment of certain long residential house leases
  • makes major changes to multiple aspects of leasehold enfranchisement and lease extension procedures and provisions (including the price payable)
  • gives long leaseholders a right to replace their ground rent with a peppercorn rent on payment of a premium
  • brings in a set of reforms to the residential service charge regime, regulation of estate management, and leasehold and estate management redress schemes
  • clarifies uses of estate rentcharges and regulates remedies for rentcharge arrears
  • amends various provisions of the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022), including defining ‘relevant steps’ a landlord must take to remedy ‘relevant defects’

Commencement

LFRA 2024 is coming into force in phases. Check each section below to see whether provisions are in force, and from what date(s)...

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