Please sign and share on your residents groups. numbers count!
Appeal to Sign Our Open Letter
Policy Briefing Feb 2026 – updated in April 2026
We get the feeling that government want to address the “injustice of fleecehold” by simply regulating agents and providing leasehold style tribunal redress over estate maintenance charges on existing developments. This is extremely concerning as it does not release residents from the liability to fund maintenance of public infrastructure, which is the real injustice. The fact that managing agents can and do exploit residents is a side effect of the lack of adoption. There are other less immediately obvious detrimental effects which we outline in our briefing. please feel free to share it widely with politicians and the media.
Why Regulation Doesn’t Work
Here is a perfect example of regulation NOT being the answer for estate residents. The properties are on an ex MOD site in NE Scotland. Managing agents known as factors ARE regulated under Scottish law. Redundant MOD estates are unadopted and sold to developers to refurbish and market. Prices paid are low and the residents mostly are on low incomes. they know they have a factor, but are unaware of the extent of their liability for land maintenance.
The recent article in the local press is here:- https://www.forres-gazette.co.uk/news/we-still-don-t-know-how-much-this-is-going-to-cost-us-re-421183/
if you can’t read it here is a pdf copy:-
We feel that examples like this could be quoted in arguments for adoption rather than merely regulating agents in the Westminster governments upcoming consultations.
and here’s another defect – this time from England
