Chris Chope Demands Legislation for Park Homes Residents

Park Homes

Chris Chope Demands Prioritised Legislation for Park Homes Residents of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government:

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Christopher Chope Conservative, Christchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if the Government will make it a priority in the next Session of Parliament to bring forward legislative proposals to simplify and increase the transparency of company structures used by some owners of park home sites to limit a resident’s security of tenure and avoid liability for enforcement action pursuant to the undertakings given in 2018.

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Eddie Hughes Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Government remains committed to improving protections for park home residents.

We will introduce primary legislation to simplify the complex company structures used by some site owners to limit a resident’s security of tenure and avoid liability for any enforcement action when the parliamentary timetable allows.

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