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Letter from Persimmon Homes

A few weeks ago, I spoke on BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours about problems local residents experienced when they moved into their new build Persimmon homes and how better regulation is needed for the housebuilding industry. Persimmon have now written to me about how they’re addressing my concerns. I’ll…

Kate speaks about new build homes on BBC Radio 4 You and Yours

On Wednesday 19 February Kate spoke on BBC Radio 4’s consumer affairs programme, You and Yours, about new build homes and how better regulation is needed for the industry. You can listen to her interview below.

Kate’s leasehold survey

Kate has launched a survey for local leaseholders to influence government reforms. Leasehold properties are homes which are bought on long leases, of often 125 or even 999 years, with leaseholders often paying a ‘ground rent’ as well as service charges to the property freeholder, or to a managing agent…

Kate’s adjournment debate on protection for Homebuyers

Last week I had an adjournment debate on protections for new homebuyers. I’ve campaigned on this issue for a while following examples I’ve seen of shoddy and sometimes dangerous workmanship from unscrupulous developers in my constituency. What’s more, there’s a shocking lack of redress for homebuyers when things go wrong.…

Kate slams Conservative failures on home ownership

Kate has expressed her concern over new figures showing that, since 2010, it’s harder for local people to own their own home. Under the Conservative government, house prices have risen faster than wages. In Trafford, the average house price has gone up from £180,000 in 2010 to £260,000 in 2018,…

Kate slams government failure on housebuilding

Kate has criticised the government for its failure to build new homes. At the current rate of growth in new homes built a year it will take the Tories 13 years until 300,000 homes are built annually in England, nearly double the time that Ministers have pledged. They promised to…

Kate welcomes plans to help home-owners

Kate has welcomed new Labour Party plans to bring justice to local residents affected by the leasehold scandal. A Labour report, released this week, includes proposals to cap unfair costs such as ground rents, which could save local leaseholders thousands of pounds. Leasehold ownership means homes are bought but leased…

Kate asks about a New Homes Ombudsman in parliament

On Monday 8 April, Kate spoke in parliament about her campaign to protect homebuyers. Kate said, “MPs queued up in housing questions to ask the secretary of state about the lack of progress in introducing a New Homes Ombudsman. This was promised by the government 5 months ago, but nothing…

Update from Kate on Persimmon

If you have been following my campaign to increase consumer protections for buyers of new build homes, you will be aware of the appalling cases of people moving into new houses only to find large numbers of defects which developers have been extremely slow to resolve. In my own constituency,…

Kate speaks to BBC Radio Manchester on behalf of local homebuyers

Kate spoke on BBC Radio Manchester’s Chelsea at Breakfast show, about her work in campaigning for better protections for homebuyers. She talked about her work calling on the government to get a grip on the current absurd situation where people have more consumer rights buying a kettle than buying a house.…