8. Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Estate Management Companies

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:32 pm on 14 March 2018.

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Photo of Hefin David Hefin David Labour 3:32, 14 March 2018

Yes, and this is where they grew out of, where there were blocks of flats in London.

I want the Welsh Government to use this opportunity to make sure that freehold property owners do not miss out, and they're accorded the same rights as leaseholders—because actually leaseholders have more rights in this regard—when it comes to challenging the decisions of residential management companies, and their appointed agents. We need property estate management companies to be properly professionalised, and regulated, as other trade and professional bodies are, to stop rogue traders, and people ripping off innocent home owners. The UK Government's going to bring forward their White Paper, 'Fixing our broken housing market', in which proposals will be contained. If we don't act now, as we get more and more new estates, we'll find ourselves left behind. I think the Welsh Government needs to act.