Petition · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government

Introduce statutory regulation and enforcement for managing agents & freeholders

Open for signatures 567 signatures

What the petition asks

Introduce mandatory statutory regulation of managing agents and freeholders, including licensing, enforceable professional standards, financial penalties for breaches, powers to suspend or ban repeat offenders, and automatic cost sanctions where leaseholders are forced into tribunal action.
We believe voluntary codes and redress schemes have failed leaseholders and that complaints are upheld with little or no consequence, while managing agents and freeholders continue harmful practices unchecked. Some leaseholders face inflated service charges, unsafe buildings, withheld information, and long tribunal delays at their own cost. In our view regulation without enforcement is not reform, and protection must prevent harm, not arrive years later.

Timeline

16 Mar 2026 Petition opened for signatures

Key facts

Signatures 567
Status Open for signatures
Department Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Opened 16 Mar 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 26 Jul 2026.