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Petition · past parliament

Abolish leasehold

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

There are 9m leasehold properties in the UK. Leaseholders have few rights to challenge unfair service charge demands and are subject to exorbitant lease extension charges.

Reform of leasehold has failed it is time to legislate to abolish this feudal relic.
Leaseholders have no control over their homes. This needs to change. Leasehold should be abolished and all leaseholders given their share of the freehold.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Abolish Leasehold

Timeline

14 Apr 2018 Petition opened for signatures
2 May 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 2 May 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.