Part of Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 3:15 pm ar 25 Ionawr 2024.
Matthew Pennycook
Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government)
3:15,
25 Ionawr 2024
The Minister’s response was quite disappointing. I think he has made it clear that it is per challenge per group, so what is the incentive for a large group of leaseholders to press the dispute if the potential amount of the share that they are going to get is £100, or even £50? It might be a low amount. [Interruption.] No, it could be. It is a share of the challenge; if there are 100 leaseholders in the challenge, they get a maximum of £5,000 to share between them unless they make multiple challenges. That is my reading of what the Minister has just said.
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