Huw Merriman calls for zero ground rents for retirement leasehold at prime minister’s questions

Tory MP Huw Merriman called for zero ground rents for retirement housing at prime minister’s questions today. He talked of pensioners trapped in McCathy & Stone properties, which have fast depreciating values. He named Vincent Tchenguiz, whose Tchenguiz Family Trust in the British Virgin Islands ultimately owns the old McCarthy and Stone freehold book, and … Continue reading Huw Merriman calls for zero ground rents for retirement leasehold at prime minister’s questions