Petition · past parliament

Regulate service charges by housing associations and management companies.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Safeguard leaseholders from unjustified and excessive service charges by housing associations and block management companies. Leaseholders in many developments have seen annual increases of 30% or more this year alone, making their living situation unaffordable. Service charges are unregulated.
Additionally, stop housing associations and management companies from being able to ask for past adjustment charges that are out of time.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

There are already a number of laws that regulate service charges, ground rent and other fees for leaseholders.

The Government has published guidance on service charges and other expenses, which you might find helpful: https://www.gov.uk/leasehold-property/service-charges-and-other-expenses

Shelter has also published guidance on protections for leaseholders: https://england.shelter.org.uk/legal/home_ownership/leasehold_property/statutory_control_of_service_charges

We could accept a petition calling for changes to current regulations, but it would need to be clear what changes you wanted. We could also accept a petition calling on the Government to create a new body to oversee leasehold properties, and adjudicate on disputes between leaseholders and property owners, if that's something you would like to happen.

Timeline

7 Mar 2023 Petition opened for signatures
9 Mar 2023 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 9 Mar 2023

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