How freeholders and agents are using secret commissions and kickbacks to make money from leaseholders thisismoney.co.uk/money/mort… #Property #HousingMarket #Leasehold

Freeholders & their Managing agents just keep charging more & more & more and there seems to be no way for leaseholders to get a grip on the spending 😡

Outrageous @andyburnham @UKLabour @Conservatives @LibDems when are we going to get fair open competition in this industry to stop us being ripped off?

we pay a Minor Commissioning Fee on every repair for tech,supervisory and administrative costs. As far as I can see the only administration needed is every five years when the contract is tendered. Certainly no supervision and no incentive to do a proper job at 1st visit

Lambeth's 'spectacular overcharging' of leaseholders called out as resident criticises council report mylondon.news/news/south-lon…

End the leasehold system for ALL flats, including existing. Managing agents are out of control in London. Flats are unsellable because of service charges. You have made very clear promises, if you go back on this it will be like the tuition fees for LibDems in the 2015 election

End the leasehold system for ALL flats, including existing. Managing agents are out of control in London. Flats are unsellable because of service charges. You have made very clear promises, if you go back on this it will be like the tuition fees for LibDems in the 2015 election

Are leaseholders being scammed by the darks arts of block management? thisismoney.co.uk/money/mort… No surprises here. The costs are so well hidden in bulk charges it's impossible to tell what's been incurred for your property. Plus miscellaneous management/admin/professional fees...

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Clarion said there were “no service failures”. Weeks later, it acknowledged “several failures”. Then the focus increasingly shifted towards the resident: her language, contact and behaviour. DARVO in Action - What It Looks and Feels Like. housingsector.co.uk/blog/dar…

The Guardian view on trapped leaseholders: Labour must keep its promise to set them free theguardian.com/commentisfre…

The Guardian is spot on here: Labour must deliver on it’s promise to free leasehold flat occupants from the legal ability of freeholders and their managing agents to demand charges. Only those who pay the fees should be able to hire - and fire - managing agents.

“The question for the government is whether the proposed reforms give the owners of the existing 5m leasehold homes a credible route out of their dependency – or just regulate their continued subservience,” says The Guardian in a scathing editorial. theguardian.com/commentisfre…

If you are a Shared Owner, I'd urge you to join the Shared Owners Network & submit your evidence on the social housing bill to parliament. We need to support a review of this scheme urgently. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

❌ @mtpennycook @AngelaRayner, why are housing associations that are so obviously failing their residents being awarded government grants?

Danny, I am a shared owner. It is still not legally possible to do RTM in my block. There are thousands of muti-tenure blocks like mine. What are Labour backbenchers doing to change that? Is this even on your radar? Where has it been discussed?

“The Government is dishing out money to organisations that are demonstrably failing their tenants,” said Professor Janice Morphet, an expert on social housing at University College London. Clarion, Sanctuary, Hyde, Metropolitan, Stonewater and Places for People each had over 100 findings of maladministration last year. Clarion, Sanctuary and Hyde each had 10 or more findings of “severe maladministration”.

Not a good look for the Labour government when even The Guardian is calling out the smoke and mirrors behind its managing agents regulator announcement.

The Guardian view on trapped leaseholders: Labour must keep its promise to set them free theguardian.com/commentisfre…