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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kiran Stacey

Expert committee on England home ownership has not met for over a year

Leasehold flats
Leasehold is particularly common among young people, given it is often used in blocks of flats. Photograph: Paul Dennis/TGS Photo/REX/Shutterstock

An expert committee set up to advise ministers on how to change England’s archaic home ownership laws has not met for over a year, the Guardian can reveal, as campaigners warn the issue is slipping down the government’s agenda.

The Commonhold Council – a panel of 11 people from the property industry, the legal profession and academia – was convened in 2021 as ministers promised sweeping reforms to the leasehold system.

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