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鈥嬧€婥onsultation impact assessment - modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases鈥�

Impact assessment for the government鈥檚 consultation 鈥渕odern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases鈥�. 鈥�

This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

Applies to England and Wales

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鈥嬧€嬧€婽he UK government is seeking views on capping the maximum ground rent that residential leaseholders can be required to pay in England and Wales, as well as views on how to make any such cap work. 鈥嬄�

鈥媁e are publishing a consultation impact assessment to allow government鈥檚 existing evidence and assumptions to be tested with stakeholders.聽 聽

鈥婽his impact assessment follows standard practice, assessing the expected costs and benefits of each of the policy options, against the counterfactual scenario (Do Nothing) in which ground rents continue without restriction.鈥�

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Published 6 December 2023

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