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So while her bill is around £1,050 this year, in 50 years time she would have to pay £1,075,200 a year to keep the home, rising to half a billion pounds in 100 years time.
The Government launched an investigation into the leasehold scandal in 2017 after experts raised concerns about how developers sold residential properties with spiralling ground rents.
In January, ministers proposed new reforms to crack down on unfair and abusive leasehold contracts.
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These included allowing leaseholders to extend their lease agreements at zero ground rent, for a term of 990 years . But the plans have yet to be debated in Parliament and may not start until 2022.