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...
2/7/2025 3:37:23 PM Awaab's Law - UPDATE By Victoria Smith A press release from the MHCLG has confirmed that from October, social landlords will be forced to investigate and fix dangerous damp and...
1/29/2025 10:38:43 AM Housing Ombudsman publishes evaluation of Spotlight report on Knowledge and Information Management By Victoria Smith Kerri Harrison The Housing Ombudsman ('HO') shares steps to improve knowledge and information management ('KIM') by publishing an evaluation of its...
1/10/2025 3:50:08 PM Housing Ombudsman's new power to issue Good Practice will focus on relationship management By Victoria Smith Kerri Harrison Good Practice is a power introduced by the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 and has been developed through consultation with...
12/18/2024 10:18:10 AM Homes England publishes ‘clearance’ database of Section 106 affordable housing sites By Ben Halsey Triya Maicha Jonathan Corris Jonathan Jarvis +1 more... Show less Homes England (HE) has now made available the Section 106 Affordable Housing Clearing Service, which is a database (or what some are...
12/10/2024 9:04:11 AM Planning Committee Reform By Hannah Langford Camilla Weston As part of its drive to get Britain building again the Government have issued a consultation paper inviting views on a national scheme of...
10/30/2024 11:29:30 AM New Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act Regulations amend Part 5 of the Building Safety Act 2022 By Zoe McLean-Wells Hannah Keane On 7 October 2024, the Government made the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (Commencement No 1) Regulations 2024 (SI 2024/1018)...
10/22/2024 3:59:06 PM Roof garden storeys: MHCLG asks sector and regulators to disregard FTT ruling By Will O'Brien On 18 October 2024, the Government published a joint statement on the issue of whether a roof garden is classified as a storey when...
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...
10/14/2024 10:12:08 AM Proposed changes to co-operative and community benefit society law – further thought needed? By Gemma Bell The Law Commission (sponsored by HM Treasury) has undertaken a review of the key piece of legislation governing co-operative and...
10/9/2024 10:20:51 AM Devonshires act for Moat Homes Limited in new £100m Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme funding By Luke Bevis We are delighted to have acted for Moat Homes Limited on its new £100m loan under the Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme. The transaction...
10/2/2024 1:48:43 PM News on measures to ensure decent homes for all By Devonshires It has been announced that the Government will consult on a new Decent Homes Standard ('the Standard') for the rented sectors. We have...