Rejected petition Ground Rent Abolition for all leasehold apartments.

Abolish ground rent completely for all leasehold apartments.
Freeholders are changing nearly £500 ground rent on apartments built in 2016.
Such flats are not sellable.
STOP these extortion by landlords.

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Abolish ground rent completely for all leasehold apartments.
Freeholders are changing nearly £500 ground rent on apartments built in 2016.
Such high ground rent are not acceptable by mortgage lenders as there is a forefeiture clause and Freeholder are not willing to do deed of variation without paying them 10s of thousands.
Such flats are not sellable and a trap.
STOP these extortion by landlords.

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Ban ground rent on all leasehold properties.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701602

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Date submitted 16 February 2025
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