Petition · past parliament
Abolish leasehold on properties
Rejected
20 signatures
What the petition asks
Leasehold is a national scandal that must stop you will never own your own home as the building itself and crucially the land on which it sits remains the property of the freeholder
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 1 Feb 2017 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 7 Feb 2017 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
20
Status
Rejected
Rejected
7 Feb 2017
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.