flat owner threatened with homelessness over 5,500 service charge  she moved into her 215,000 one-bedroom flat in essex back in march 2022 after reading an estate agents brochure which said service charge was just 600 a year. but upon moving in, she found out it was in fact 1,400 that year. then in 2023 it was 2,800. and this year it will be 5,500. under current laws, leaseholders can be forced to forfeit their leases and be made homeless if they do not pay their service charge  even if that charge is as small as 350 or is in the process of being disputed, according to mps.
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