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  1. "How the leasehold revolution could transform neighbourly relations"

    Interesting article on the changes to leasehold that are coming through. Definitely see some parallels with the #HousingCoop world, e.g.:

    > commonhold will require "a bit of a cultural change" and that people will need to view themselves as "stewards" of their building.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8llp

    #leasehold #commonhold #UK #housing #BBC

  2. "How the leasehold revolution could transform neighbourly relations"

    Interesting article on the changes to leasehold that are coming through. Definitely see some parallels with the #HousingCoop world, e.g.:

    > commonhold will require "a bit of a cultural change" and that people will need to view themselves as "stewards" of their building.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8llp

    #leasehold #commonhold #UK #housing #BBC

  3. "How the leasehold revolution could transform neighbourly relations"

    Interesting article on the changes to leasehold that are coming through. Definitely see some parallels with the #HousingCoop world, e.g.:

    > commonhold will require "a bit of a cultural change" and that people will need to view themselves as "stewards" of their building.

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8llp

    #leasehold #commonhold #UK #housing #BBC

  4. @PKYo
    That reminds me, I should be writing to various MPs about cottages like those sold off by the #Bridgewater #Canal #Company at #PrestonBrook.

    The terrace, built in the late 1700s, was sold off one house at a time in the 1950s. They all had brick built privies clustered together in a #communal #yard. Because the remaining #tenants all needed access to the yard the canal company retained ownership and provided an annual licence to each purchaser permitting access to the communal area.

    There's no #lease. No #contract on #fees to be charged. The canal company can, it seems, charge what they like both to issue a #licence to a new #buyer of a #cottage and any #annual renewal #fee.

    We ought to be able to add some appropriate clauses onto any upcoming #legislation that gives owners of #leasehold #property the #righttobuy such communal ground.

    The attached map from 1894 shows the terrace, their privies and how some don't even have space to hang out washing to dry. @ukwaterways

  5. @PKYo
    That reminds me, I should be writing to various MPs about cottages like those sold off by the #Bridgewater #Canal #Company at #PrestonBrook.

    The terrace, built in the late 1700s, was sold off one house at a time in the 1950s. They all had brick built privies clustered together in a #communal #yard. Because the remaining #tenants all needed access to the yard the canal company retained ownership and provided an annual licence to each purchaser permitting access to the communal area.

    There's no #lease. No #contract on #fees to be charged. The canal company can, it seems, charge what they like both to issue a #licence to a new #buyer of a #cottage and any #annual renewal #fee.

    We ought to be able to add some appropriate clauses onto any upcoming #legislation that gives owners of #leasehold #property the #righttobuy such communal ground.

    The attached map from 1894 shows the terrace, their privies and how some don't even have space to hang out washing to dry. @ukwaterways

  6. @PKYo
    That reminds me, I should be writing to various MPs about cottages like those sold off by the #Bridgewater #Canal #Company at #PrestonBrook.

    The terrace, built in the late 1700s, was sold off one house at a time in the 1950s. They all had brick built privies clustered together in a #communal #yard. Because the remaining #tenants all needed access to the yard the canal company retained ownership and provided an annual licence to each purchaser permitting access to the communal area.

    There's no #lease. No #contract on #fees to be charged. The canal company can, it seems, charge what they like both to issue a #licence to a new #buyer of a #cottage and any #annual renewal #fee.

    We ought to be able to add some appropriate clauses onto any upcoming #legislation that gives owners of #leasehold #property the #righttobuy such communal ground.

    The attached map from 1894 shows the terrace, their privies and how some don't even have space to hang out washing to dry. @ukwaterways

  7. Good read about three women valiantly trying to overturn the feudal system of in the UK.

    theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2

  8. “[UK Green Party leader] Zack Polanski dunks on Labour’s pathetic U-turn on ground rent abolition”

    by Alex/Rose Cocker in The Canary

    @thecanaryuk
    @uk_politics
    @thegreenparty

    “Zack Polanski has landed himself in a Twitter spat with Labour’s David Pinto-Duschinsky, the MP for Hendon. The Green leader called out Labour’s pathetic flip-flopping on abolishing leaseholds”

    thecanary.co/uk/news/2026/01/3

    #Press #SocialMedia #UK #UKPolitics #Polanski #Labour #Leasehold #FlipFlop #Starmer #GreenParty

  9. “[UK Green Party leader] Zack Polanski dunks on Labour’s pathetic U-turn on ground rent abolition”

    by Alex/Rose Cocker in The Canary

    @thecanaryuk
    @uk_politics
    @thegreenparty

    “Zack Polanski has landed himself in a Twitter spat with Labour’s David Pinto-Duschinsky, the MP for Hendon. The Green leader called out Labour’s pathetic flip-flopping on abolishing leaseholds”

    thecanary.co/uk/news/2026/01/3

    #Press #SocialMedia #UK #UKPolitics #Polanski #Labour #Leasehold #FlipFlop #Starmer #GreenParty

  10. “[UK Green Party leader] Zack Polanski dunks on Labour’s pathetic U-turn on ground rent abolition”

    by Alex/Rose Cocker in The Canary

    @thecanaryuk
    @uk_politics
    @thegreenparty

    “Zack Polanski has landed himself in a Twitter spat with Labour’s David Pinto-Duschinsky, the MP for Hendon. The Green leader called out Labour’s pathetic flip-flopping on abolishing leaseholds”

    thecanary.co/uk/news/2026/01/3

    #Press #SocialMedia #UK #UKPolitics #Polanski #Labour #Leasehold #FlipFlop #Starmer #GreenParty

  11. Will Labour succeed in ending leasehold?

    Its been tired before and not actually happened, much to the frustration of leaseholders - so will the Govt. be able to end a system that echoes feudalism?

    It may not be sufficient to end the housing crisis bit it *is* a necessary element in the reform of a dysfunctional housing market.

    #housing #leasehold

    theguardian.com/money/2025/mar

  12. Will Labour succeed in ending leasehold?

    Its been tired before and not actually happened, much to the frustration of leaseholders - so will the Govt. be able to end a system that echoes feudalism?

    It may not be sufficient to end the housing crisis bit it *is* a necessary element in the reform of a dysfunctional housing market.

    #housing #leasehold

    theguardian.com/money/2025/mar

  13. Will Labour succeed in ending leasehold?

    Its been tired before and not actually happened, much to the frustration of leaseholders - so will the Govt. be able to end a system that echoes feudalism?

    It may not be sufficient to end the housing crisis bit it *is* a necessary element in the reform of a dysfunctional housing market.

    #housing #leasehold

    theguardian.com/money/2025/mar

  14. Cladding, mould, £75,000 charges – welcome to life in a British leasehold flat | Real estate | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/business/202... #Leasehold

    Cladding, mould, £75,000 charg...

  15. I will #AlsoAlsoAdd...

    #IF an #Employer requires "work" to be #CarriedOut from your #Home; make sure you #Charge them #Rent and #Utilities...

    Also #DoubleCheck your residence's #Freehold / #Leasehold; you may be #ExpresslyProhibited from #CarryingOut #CommercialActivity in a #ResidentialSetting...

    You're welcome.

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    vmst.io/@PSiReN/10979012943947

  16. "Calls are mounting to pass the secondary legislation needed to enforce the #Freehold Reform Act 2024, which would ban developers from selling new houses as leaseholds, make it cheaper to extend a lease and increase the standard lease length to 990 years. The new government is also planning further reform with the introduction of the #leasehold and #commonhold reform bill."

    #UKpolitics #Housing

    theguardian.com/money/2024/oct

  17. "Calls are mounting to pass the secondary legislation needed to enforce the #Freehold Reform Act 2024, which would ban developers from selling new houses as leaseholds, make it cheaper to extend a lease and increase the standard lease length to 990 years. The new government is also planning further reform with the introduction of the #leasehold and #commonhold reform bill."

    #UKpolitics #Housing

    theguardian.com/money/2024/oct

  18. "Calls are mounting to pass the secondary legislation needed to enforce the #Freehold Reform Act 2024, which would ban developers from selling new houses as leaseholds, make it cheaper to extend a lease and increase the standard lease length to 990 years. The new government is also planning further reform with the introduction of the #leasehold and #commonhold reform bill."

    #UKpolitics #Housing

    theguardian.com/money/2024/oct

  19. More good (qualified) good news from the rush to either finish of legislation or abandon it ahead of the election:

    The reform to leasehold passed the Lords, but (and this may end up being crucial to some leaseholders) the cap on ground rents did not survive the process.

    So on one hand the future of leaseholds now looks to be one of decline, but in the interim there remains plenty of opportunity of freeholders to squeeze leasees for more money...

    #housing #leasehold