I once more pressed the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, on the problems local leaseholders are continuing to face with companies refusing to meet their obligations to make buildings safe – highlighting the situation of those in Daisy Spring Works and Mandale House. 

I have continued to advocate on behalf of residents both with Ministers and Government officials, so do get in touch if you need help exercising your rights under the Building Safety Act. You can read my most recent exchange with Michael Gove below: 

As the Secretary of State knows, not only are developers frustrating leaseholder rights. In response to his last statement, I raised the case of Mandale House in my constituency; leaseholders in Daisy Spring Works have the same, or a similar, problem. The common factor is the managing agents, Y&Y Management, which also has freehold interests. That company is not simply denying leaseholders their rights: it is doing so on the basis of challenging the legality of the Secretary of State’s own legislation. Those leaseholders do not have the resources to challenge Y&Y’s lawyers, so I have shared the relevant information with the Secretary of State’s Department. Can he reassure me that he will use all of the resources at his disposal to tackle Y&Y and ensure its leaseholders get the rights under the Building Safety Act that he intended?

SoS response:

Absolutely. I want to be really fair to the hon. Member: he is doing the right thing. He has highlighted an abuse and has contacted the Department in a co-operative and detailed fashion. The Minister for Building Safety, my hon. Friend the Member for North East Derbyshire, has been looking closely at that case. There is more that we can do, and I thank the hon. Member on behalf of his constituents for being tenacious in trying to get a good deal for them.