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NLC Cath Williams OBE
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Cofounder of National Leasehold Campaign to end #leasehold and promote #Commonhold in England & Wales
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Housing Minister, Matthew Pennycook remains committed to ending the feudal leasehold system by the end of this Parliament 👏

They remain on course to switch on LAFRA @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

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#LeaseholdScandal
July 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Reform was meant to bring clarity and fairness. Instead, it has delivered delay, uncertainty, and rising costs ⬆️

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#LeaseholdLimbo #Trapped

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The cost of indecision: When waiting for leasehold reform becomes a liability
Discover the hidden costs of delaying lease extensions in the UK. As leasehold reform stalls, leaseholders face rising premiums and marriage value risks. Act now to avoid financial pitfalls.
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July 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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🚨4 DAYS TO GO🚨

🗣Service charge consultation closes on Friday 26th September at 23.59

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💥MP's, Journalists, Followers please repost this to ensure this important consultation profile is raised

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September 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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The Housing Ombudsman has published its Annual Complaints Review for 2024-25, worthwhile reading for everyone in the sector 🏘️

www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk/2025/09/23/a...
Annual Complaint Review 2024-25 | Housing Ombudsman
Housing Ombudsman’s Annual Complaint Review shows signs of cautious optimism amid rising complaint volumes
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September 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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💥BIG WEEK FOR LEASEHOLDERS 💥

Your full guide to this week's judicial review by freeholders to torpedo reform to leasehold.

➡️How it will be fought
➡️Why LKP was excluded from intervening

@liamspender.bsky.social #Leasehold

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Your full guide to this week's judicial review by freeholders to torpedo reform to leasehold - Leasehold Knowledge Partnership
This is how freeholders aim to torpedo our hard fought efforts to reform leasehold with human rights litigation.
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July 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Biggest issue FTB s encounter is AFTER they have moved in &realise their affordability isn't what theyd hoped
New build flats and houses often carry #leasehold & #fleecehold fees not always considered by lenders setting them up to fail financially @nlc-movement.bsky.social @eocs-official.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Yet another FTB caught in the #leasehold trap with unregulated maintenance fees
How can Nationwide justify offering 6X income mortgages?
Affordability checks must incld fees events
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June 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Warmest congratulations to Katie Kendrick, Cath Williams and Joanne Darbyshire who have each received OBEs for services to housing and leaseholders.

Thank you for all you've done through the National Leasehold Campaign to progress leasehold reform.

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Birthday Honours List 2025 PM List Transparency Data (HTML)
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June 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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It's a huge honour for the three of us to be on the Kings Honours List to receive an OBE for our work on Leasehold🎖🎖🎖 @jodarbyshire.bsky.social @cathnlc.bsky.social

#LeaseholdScandal #LeaseholdOBE

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National Leasehold Campaign founders honoured for their work - Leasehold Knowledge Partnership
The three co-founders of the National Leasehold Campaign - Katie Kendrick, Cath Williams and Joanne Darbyshire - are to receive OBEs in the king's birthday honours.
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June 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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Under the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA) and Government Remediation Contract, developers shoulder liability for the remediation of historic building safety defects.

They can also use "trickle down" claims to suppliers

❗Leaseholders should not pay❗
#leasehold

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June 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Every post on local facebook mentioning leasehold flats puts me off going anywhere near them.
January 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Mr Cusack"a fire safety inspection team had visited the building& had worked with the building management company First Port the architects& the fire engineers before the notice was issued

❗"Essentially, this is down to cladding,"❗
#leasehold
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Worcester flats evacuated over cladding fire risk
Sixty people are forced to leave the building, including eight children, with some taken to a rest centre.
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June 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Residents in Hackney Council-owned tower block are paying “extortionate” service charges with “broken lifts and constant leaks”

"People are feeling very desperate. My blood starts boiling,”

#LeaseholdScandal #Trapped

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'I own my flat but still have to pay the council over £5K a year for repairs'
Residents in Hackney Council-owned tower block Pitcairn House are paying “extortionate” service charges to live in a building with “broken…
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January 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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#LeaseholdScandal
January 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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I'm trying not to turn the heating on': The pensioner leaseholders seeing service charges rise by up to 2,500%

'Leasehold is a grotesquely unfair system that continues to destroy people's lives until the bitter end'

#LeaseholdScandal #Trapped

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Plight of pensioner leaseholders who have seen service charges TRIPLE
We have spoken to older leaseholders, including a 96-year-old who has seen her charge rise 223% since 2010 to £4,200 and another who has seen a 2,500% rise.
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February 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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💥WE'VE BEEN PAYING FOR A LIFT THAT DOES NOT EXIST💥 @NHGhousing

It's a scandal on par with the Post Office scandal
#LeaseholdScandal

"I'm physically and mentally drained"

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Notting Hill Genesis tenants in Wembley pay for non-existent lift
Angela Tanner, who lives at Barham Park, says they are paying for a lift but the block only has stairs.
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April 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Leasehold is a blank cheque. It's a nightmare
#LeaseholdScandal
January 28, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Gateshead Leaseholders 'in limbo' over 18-year freehold wait.

Taylor Wimpey says it entered into an agreement in 2006 to transfer them to a company called Regisport.

THESE AGREEMENTS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL

#LeaseholdScandal #Trapped

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Gateshead leaseholders 'in limbo' over 18-year freehold wait
Residents of Staiths South Bank estate say they are trapped in a complex, long-running saga.
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December 16, 2024 at 8:57 AM
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#LeaseholdScandal
January 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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💢 LEASEHOLD DEBATE 💢
Thank you Ruth Cadbury MP for raising this ongoing issue and for recognising our hard work representing leaseholders over the past 8 years.
Listen from 11:00 am
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#buildingsafety
#servicecharges
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June 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Unfortunately many leaseholders will still not be able to afford to buy their freehold or extend their lease because they have delayed switching on of the valuation element of LAFRA.

Those leaseholders that do buy now will be exploited & ripped off in the process.
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January 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Leaseholder wins hundreds from the council for items she was wrongly billed for as part of her service charge

The Bermondsey resident was incorrectly charged for lights in a random car park and maintenance to non-existent grounds

#LeaseholdScandal

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Leaseholder wins hundreds from the council for items she was wrongly billed for as part of her service charge
A Bermondsey homeowner was incorrectly charged hundreds of pounds for lights in a random car park and maintenance to non-existent
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March 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Hi Lewis - National Leasehold Campaign co-founder here. We have over 32K members with large proportion from North East that was targeted by developers back in 2007.
My guess is your constituency is also affected- happy to explain more if you need.
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November 9, 2024 at 10:26 AM
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Flat owners in a building in Ipswich are waiting to find out whether the government will cover the cost of fire safety repairs.

The #leaseholdscandal gift that keeps on giving.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ipswich flat owners facing uncertain future amid safety issues
Leaseholders at Churchmans House are waiting to find out if they will receive government funding.
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August 20, 2024 at 9:03 AM
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🚨We wanted a dream flat but woke up in a nightmare🚨

A group of leaseholders say they are living in a 'horror story' after being hit with huge unexpected bills

#LeaseholdScandal #Trapped
#Leasehold @liverpoolecho.co.uk
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We wanted a city centre dream flat but woke up a nightmare
A group of leaseholders say they are living in a 'horror story' after being hit with huge unexpected bills
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March 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM