Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 6
Seventh Report - Building Safety: Remediation and Funding
Published 11 Mar 2022
Paragraph 15
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
We do not agree with the Government’s proposal that only buy-to-let landlords with one other property should be included in the statutory protections for leaseholders. Should the Government continue to treat buy-to-let landlords differently to other leaseholders there are other options available to exclude wealthy property tycoons from the protections without making landlords of more modest means liable, such as basing eligibility on the value of the company that owns the properties, or on the landlord owning a higher number of rental properties. We recommend that the Government publish an impact assessment of these options before undertaking a course of action. The Government should also publish an impact assessment on how its current proposals to exclude buy-to-let landlords with fewer than one other property could affect the progress of remediation.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Seventh Report - Building Safety: Remediation and Funding (HC 1063), paragraph 15, 11 March 2022
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 17 May 2022 (deadline 11 May 2022).