A Bill to make provision about the definition of qualifying tenants for the purposes of claiming a right to manage; to reduce the proportion of qualifying tenants required to give notice of a claim to acquire a right to manage; to establish a duty on freeholders to assist a Right to Manage company in establishing contact with leaseholders within the freeholder’s property; to make provision about establishing a presumption in favour of a right to manage in certain circumstances before the First Tier Tribunal; to require the Secretary of State to review procedures for converting leasehold property into common hold property; and for connected purposes.
May contain errors — check source documents for definitive information.
The Right to Manage and Leasehold Bill changes how eligibility for claiming a right to manage is decided, lowers the amount of support needed to trigger a claim, and requires freeholders to help RTM companies contact leaseholders. It also introduces a presumption in favour of a right to manage in certain situations before the First Tier Tribunal and asks the government to review how leasehold properties could be converted to commonhold.
The Bill has had its first reading in the Commons and is at the second-reading stage in the Commons.
Generated 21 February 2026
18 Jun 2025
The 2024-2026 session of Parliament has come to an end so the House of Commons is now prorogued until the next session begins on 13 May 2026. Prorogation is the formal end to the parliamentary year.
This Bill will therefore make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
