The Right to Manage

Abstract

The reform of the (non-feudal) leasehold estate remains a priority for this Government, as it was for its predecessor. This has many strands, comprising business, agricultural and residential tendencies, and ranges from the Law Commission’s consideration of the operation of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, to the expansion of tenants’ right to extend their leases and the abolition of long leaseholds of houses, to ambitious plans to phase out residential long leasehold and replace it with Commonhold. This is in addition to changes already made: for example, the abolition of upwards only rent reviews and of substantial ground rent for certain leases and, of course, the entry into force of the Renters Rights Act 2025