Reality Check: how the leasehold mafia screwed a generation of homeowners
About this episode
The episode discusses the challenges of the leasehold system in Britain and its impact on homeowners, featuring insights from Harry Scoffin on potential reforms.
Buying a flat in Britain has increasingly become a fool's errand, driven in part by the leasehold system trapping homeowners into flats. When Labour wrote their manifesto they promised reform to the leasehold system, but it remains a sticking point in Westminster due to heavy lobbying. Michael Simmons is joined by Harry Scoffin, founder from Free Leaseholders who makes the case for the common hold system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Keywords
- leasehold mafia
- common hold system
- Labour manifesto
- Westminster
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