5/1/2025 8:01:26 AM The Supported Housing Regulation Consultation - What Supported Housing Providers Need to Know By Narin Masera On 20 February 2025, the Government opened the Supported Housing Regulation Consultation (the Consultation) which seeks views on the...
4/28/2025 8:00:45 AM Tougher Stance on Lease Based Providers - A Decisive Moment for the Supported Housing Sector? By Sharon Thandi In a rare but significant move for the social housing sector, the Regulator of Social Housing (the Regulator) has issued an enforcement...
4/29/2025 11:24:24 AM HM Land Registry strategic priorities and housing targets By Ben Halsey In February, Matthew Pennycook, the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, wrote to the Board Chair of His Majesty’s Land Registry...
3/31/2025 11:19:28 AM Spring Statement - 2025 By Ben Halsey The key announcements for the housing sector in the Chancellor's Spring Statement last week were as follows: 2bn grant...
4/28/2025 12:50:19 PM Heathrow substation fire raises important issues about electricity infrastructure By Nat Cartwright Ben Halsey The recent fire which broke out at the North Hyde substation (SST) in Hayes, west London received significant publicity over the...
4/3/2025 3:22:25 PM Publication of new NHBC Housing Warranty Policies including changes in respect of insolvency cover By Triya Maicha Philip Evans Ben Halsey On 1 April 2025, the National Housebuilding Council (NHBC) published an updated version of its Buildmark and Buildmark Choice Housing...
3/26/2025 11:54:04 AM 5 key takeaways from Devonshires' Breakfast Briefing on the Commonhold White Paper By Jonathan Corris Mark Foxcroft Ben Halsey Earlier this week, we were pleased to hold a breakfast briefing on the Government’s Commonhold White Paper (CWP). The briefing...
2/12/2025 4:22:04 PM Breaking news - Top-up package announced for Affordable Housing funding programme(s) By Ben Halsey Additional funding has been announced in respect of the existing Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) - £300m for the delivery of up to 2,800...
2/25/2025 1:18:20 PM The one about the Moths, the Mansion, and Misrepresentation - Iva Patarkatsishvili & Yevhen Hunyak v William Woodward-Fisher [2025] EWHC 265 (Ch) By Ben Halsey Stavrina Tofallis Judgment has now been handed down by the High Court in the above case: Judiciary.uk Aside from representing a unique opportunity for...
3/25/2025 2:08:17 PM Treasury announces additional £2 Billion Investment in Affordable Housing By Ben Halsey Triya Maicha Jonathan Jarvis Another day, another ‘once in a generation’ announcement, but the latest significant boost to existing grant funding has, for the most...
3/5/2025 11:15:32 AM The Crime and Policing Bill- what does it mean for housing providers? By Victoria Smith The Crime and Policing bill (‘the Bill’) was introduced to House of Commons and had its first reading on 25 February 2025. The second...
10/21/2024 2:27:03 PM Loans to social housing providers backed by National Wealth Fund guarantees By Rachel Dros Alice Overton Rachel Orgill-Harris In recent months there have been loud and numerous calls for innovative finance models to be developed in order to release funding for...