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Housing campaigner, freelance journalist and media entrepreneur. My skills lie in journalism; media campaigning; public relations; Westminster liaison; advocacy; policy development; law reform; and business growth. My journalism has been published by outlets including The Independent, The Sunday Times and The Telegraph, and I have been quoted by news organisations such as the BBC, the Daily Express, the Evening Standard and the Daily Mail. I have also made broadcast appearances on Vanessa Feltz (TalkTV), Jeremy Kyle Investigates (TalkTV), Channel 4 News and Channel NewsAsia. My work exposing the racket of leasehold housing has been recognised by the UK Parliament and Private Eye. In 2022, I was shortlisted by the International Building Press (IBP) for Housing / Residential Property Journalist of the Year. Since March 2023, I have been leading a vital, pro-democracy campaign for law change to give rightful control to leaseholders over their homes, money and lives. My videos taking me across England, going into people’s homes and hearing how the leasehold scandal is ruining their finances and mental health are racking up between 20,000 to 100,000 views on X, formerly Twitter. Under the moniker of Commonhold Now, I helped massively boost salience of the issues facing leaseholders by arranging extensive media coverage and other attention-grabbing initiatives to turn leasehold into a Westminster issue and pressure Number 10, which was key to ensuring reforms made the King's Speech on November 7th. Shortly after the King’s Speech victory of a Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, and exploiting the changed strategic environment, I launched new group, Free Leaseholders, to lobby for a substantially improved piece of legislation and to prepare leaseholders for a general election fight. Owning the earth, ground, water and soil upon which one’s home is built means access to land capital, control over management of land rights, and debt liberation from the shackles and chains contained in the lease for one’s home.

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Total articles 114

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  GET YOUR COPY OF THE KC OPINION ON LEASEHOLD — FREE LEASEHOLDERS

  By Harry Scoffin

  Mar. 31, 2025

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  A two-tier housing market will be the result of Labour’s half-baked leasehold reform plans | Harry Scoffin

  By Harry Scoffin

  Mar. 13, 2025

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  Labour's leasehold plan leaves millions of flat-owners trapped

  By Harry Scoffin

  Mar. 11, 2025

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