SHAC & Members Interviewed on Service Charges on BBC London

SHAC and members were interviewed about the industrial-scale scandal of service charge abuse for BBC London News.
We have launched a Parliamentary Petition with a series of demands on government aimed at helping to end service charge abuse.
If we achieve 10,000 signatures, Michael Gove will have to respond to the petition in writing. If we get 100,000 signatures the issue has to be debated in Parliament which will hugely increase visibility of service charge abuse.
These thresholds might seem high, but two years ago SHAC launched a petition to get the UK Housing Awards cancelled which attracted 54,000 signatures - significantly above the 10K threshold, and more than half the number we would need for a debate.
Please sign, share and chase! It can be done, but we urge every member to sign, share with neighbours, colleagues, friends and family. Then chase to check that the people you shared with have signed too!
petition.parliament.uk/petiti...
Find out more about the End Service Charge Abuse campaign at
shaction.org/service-charges/
If you are withholding payment or unable to pay, get the protection of the collective from
shaction.org/strike-group-res...
Join SHAC at
shaction.org/shac-registration/

[@Stardust_Truth_Seeker]

Major fraud.

[@markroyds23]

I used to own a leasehold flat and became wise to this scam. My solicitor told me when I was trying to sell the flat flat that freeholders put the service charges up so much in a bid to make it unaffordable then when they become so high you can no longer pay it then you become in breach of the leasehold contract and the the freeholder can legally take the property back. That's why some mortgage providers won't lend on flats with high ground rents or service charges anymore as the freeholder cna legally take the property back if you don't pay there scrupeleas prices

[@mollyayton5312]

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