29 Jul, 2024 The New UK Listing Rules – Key changes for housing association bond issuers By Michelle Pascua Rachel Orgill-Harris The Listing Rules previously set out the mandatory standards for any company wishing to list its shares or securities on the main market...
24 Jul, 2024 New Shared Ownership affordability guidance: Are you ready for 31 July? By Narin Masera Samantha Grix On 31 July 2024, the transitional period for implementation of the updated Affordability Guidance for shared ownership in Part 6B of the...
24 Jul, 2024 First set of consumer standards gradings published by the Regulator of Social Housing By Charlotte Greatorex Samantha Grix Today the Regulator of Social Housing (The Regulator) has published its first set of consumer standards gradings following planned...
24 Jul, 2024 Employment & Pensions Blog: What does the King’s Speech 2024 mean for Employment Law By Melissa Chuttur Labour’s “New Deal for Working People” (New Deal) and their Manifesto outlined a series of potential reforms and commitments within the...
24 Jul, 2024 Consumer Duty: days to go! By Alice Overton With just a week to go until the final deadline for implementation of the final stage of the FCA's Consumer Duty, here is a reminder of...
24 Jul, 2024 Importing cultural goods under the EU Regulations By Pauline Lépissier The EU Regulations on the introduction and import of cultural goods (2019/880) have been widely criticised in the art and antiquities...
23 Jul, 2024 Consultation on new Social Tenant Access to Information Requirements comes to an end By Hetal Ruparelia Rebecca Brady Georgia Maskell The consultation launched by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) on the introduction of the new Social...
23 Jul, 2024 Housing Ombudsman and Regulator of Social Housing publish a new Memorandum of Understanding By Victoria Smith Samantha Grix Earlier this month the Housing Ombudsman (the Ombudsman) and Regulator of Social Housing (the Regulator) published their new Memorandum...
22 Jul, 2024 All Change? Get commonhold done! By Neil Toner What are Labour’s plans for commonhold? And what is commonhold anyway? Leasehold, as a tenure for home ownership, has received a pretty...
22 Jul, 2024 What should my board know about interest rate hedging? By Luke Bevis Sharon Thandi Hedging arrangements are commonplace among housing associations and are a useful tool for mitigating financial risk. In times gone by,...
19 Jul, 2024 All Change? Show Me The Money By Matthew Waters What will the Labour Government do to facilitate institutional investment into housing? Ambition comes at a cost When it came to housing...
18 Jul, 2024 All Change? Grounds for optimism? By Neil Toner What will the Labour Government do about ground rents? Within their manifesto, Labour committed to “tackle unregulated and unaffordable...