住房大臣在工党大会演讲中宣布，将为面临“不公”的房屋租赁权持有人（leaseholder）提供保护。
The housing secretary used her Labour conference speech to announce protections for leaseholders facing 'injustice'.
伊万·萨默维尔（Ewan Somerville）报道：安杰拉·雷纳（Angela Rayner）宣布，房屋租赁权持有人将获得更多保护，以防范“无良”物业代理和隐性收费。
By Ewan Somerville Leaseholders will be given extra protections from "cowboy" property agents and hidden fees, Angela Rayner has announced.
这位住房大臣在工党年会上表示，政府将通过立法设立一个新的独立监管机构，并启动咨询程序，对“敲竹杠”式的行政收费设定上限。
The housing secretary told Labour's annual conference the government would legislate for a new independent regulator and launch a consultation to cap "rip off" administrative fees.
这些变革将涵盖英格兰和威尔士估计共500万名租赁权持有人。尽管这些人已经买下了房屋，但如果对房屋进行简单改动，仍可能被迫向地主（freeholder）缴费。
The changes would cover the estimated five million leaseholders in England and Wales who can be forced to pay a landlord for simple changes to their home, despite having bought it.
雷纳对党内积极分子表示，她听说有租赁权持有人因申请养宠物被收取250英镑的许可费，更换入户门则要被收取400英镑。
Rayner told party activists she had heard of leaseholders being charged £250 for permission to own a pet and £400 to change their front door.
她说，处在这些情况下的民众“在那些只取不予的既得利益面前无能为力”。
She said people in these situations were "powerless against the vested interests that only take, while giving nothing back in return".
政府已经在通过立法禁止新建租赁权公寓。工党在2024年竞选宣言中将这种公寓描述为一种“封建”制度——在此制度下，人们通过租赁获得在有限年限内占有房产的权利，而土地则由地主所有。
The government is already legislating to ban new leasehold flats, described in Labour's 2024 election manifesto as a "feudal" system where people own the right to occupy a property via a lease for a limited number of years from a freeholder, or landlord, who owns the land.
通过《共有产权与租赁权改革法案》（Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill），大臣们希望推行共有产权制度，让居民共同拥有和管理他们的建筑。
Through the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill, ministers want a commonhold system where residents collectively own and manage their buildings.
现在，雷纳将矛头对准了在租赁权持有人和实际地主之间运作的复杂的管理公司网络。
Now, Rayner is taking aim at the web of management companies that operate between leaseholders and their effective landlords.
她说，该行业有许多正派的企业，但“被数量过多的无良之徒、骗子和江湖郎中给破坏了”。
She said the sector had many decent businesses which were "undermined by far too many cowboys, crooks and con artists".
雷纳补充说，对买房感到兴奋的人们被“诱骗”使用内部服务，这意味着“在没有透明度和问责制的情况下，这些‘秃鹫’可以乘虚而入”。
People excited at buying their own homes are "tricked" into using in-house services, meaning that "with no transparency or accountability, vultures can take advantage", Rayner added.
她在宣布一项针对物业代理的独立监督机构立法时表示：“我们将通过立法建立独立监管机制，来管束这些无良之徒。”
"We will legislate for an independent regulation to rein these cowboys in," she said, announcing legislation for an independent watchdog of property agents.
费用上限 该监管机构将能够制定行为准则，例如对其监管对象的行为规范和投诉处理标准，并且房产中介将被要求取得执照。
Cap on fees This regulator would be able to set codes of practice, such as standards of conduct and proper complaint handling for those they regulate, and property agents will be required to obtain a licence.
政府补充称，如果他们违反了所需的标准，监管机构将有权吊销其执照。目前尚不清楚房产中介是否包含在内。政府表示，希望“尽快”推进这些变革。
If they fall foul of the required standards, the regulator would have the power to take their licenses away, the government added. It is unclear if estate agents are included. The government said it wanted to bring forward the changes "as soon as possible".
雷纳还指出，新立法将赋予权力，对租户向房东支付的许可费和行政费设定上限。
Rayner also said new legislation would create the power for caps on permission and administration fees leaseholders pay to landlords.
这些上限将涵盖永久产权物业和私人管理的物业，在这些物业中，人们可能因对房屋进行外观改造或申请建筑安全证书等文件而面临额外费用。政府将启动公众咨询，以帮助确定上限费率。
These caps would cover freehold estates and privately managed estates where people can face additional fees for making cosmetic changes to their properties and requesting documents like building safety certificates. A public consultation will be launched to help decide the rate of caps.
这除了已宣布的英格兰和威尔士租户每年支付的250英镑地租上限外，该上限在夏季首相更迭期间曾陷入停滞。
It comes in addition to an already-announced £250 cap on yearly ground rents paid by leaseholders in England and Wales, which had stalled during the change of prime minister over the summer.
政府表示，预计地租上限——即租户向永久产权人支付的年度费用——将于2028年底生效，但国会议员呼吁将其提前至2027年底。
The government has said it expects the limit on ground rents - an annual fee paid by leaseholders to their freeholder - to come into force in late 2028, but MPs have called for this to be brought forward to late 2027.
雷纳表示，她正在“设定上限，然后废除”地租，这表明她可能会尝试采取比设定上限更进一步的措施。
Rayner said she was "capping and then scrapping" ground rents, indicating she may try to go further than a cap.
在她的演讲中，雷纳未提及政府在英国下一届选举前建造150万套住房的目标。她本月早些时候承认，实现这一目标的可能性“微乎其微”。
In her speech, Rayner did not mention the government's housing target of building 1.5m homes in England by the next election. She admitted earlier this month there was only a "slim chance" of hitting it.
上周，大臣们宣布了一项新的“你的第一套住房”政策，旨在帮助英格兰的首次购房者以2.5%的首付款购房，类似于保守党在2013年推出的“帮助购房”计划。
Last week, ministers announced a new Your First Home policy to help first-time homebuyers in England with a deposit of 2.5%, similar to the Help To Buy scheme introduced under the Conservatives in 2013.
雷纳还表示，她计划加强地方议会的权力，以便接管空置房屋，以满足对议会住房的需求并解决无家可归问题。
Rayner also said she plans to strengthen council powers to take over empty homes to meet the need for council houses and tackle homelessness.
但保守党批评称，这是工党为努力实现住房目标而采取的“孤注一掷”之举。以了解威斯敏斯特内部及更广泛层面的运作情况。
But this was criticised by the Tories as a "desperate" attempt by Labour to try to hit its housing target. to keep up with the inner workings of Westminster and beyond.