questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the number of retirement village properties that remain unsold following the (a) death and (b) transfer into care of the leaseholder; and whether he plans to bring forward measures to protect families from ongoing service charges, ground rents and other property-related costs while such properties remain on the market.
answerText: I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to Questions UIN 4726 on 8 June 2026 and UIN 12434 on 30 June 2026, and to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 22 June 2026 (HCWS132).
heading: Sheltered Housing: Older People