09 May, 2024 Devonshires acts as Origin Housing joins the Places for People Group By Rachel Orgill-Harris On 16 April, Origin Housing – with its 7,800 homes across London and the Home Counties – formally joined Places for People Group as a...
09 May, 2024 RSH Fees Consultation Published - what does this mean for your organisation By Sharon Thandi The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published the outcome of its consultation on changes to its fee principles and confirmed fee...
07 May, 2024 Government Consultation on 2014 Health and Social Care Regulations Opens By Narin Masera On 26 April 2024, the Government opened their consultation (the Consultation) on whether to remove the expiry date of the Health and...
03 May, 2024 Common Weaknesses in Housing Association Anti-money Laundering Compliance By Rachel Orgill-Harris Whilst the number of suspicious activity reports made by housing associations to the National Crime Agency has historically been very...
22 Apr, 2024 Inquests and Registered Providers of Social Housing; what to do when your organisation is involved in an inquest? By Narin Masera Samantha Grix An inquest into the death of an individual is held where the cause of death was due to unnatural circumstances. Sadly, these occur all...
22 Apr, 2024 Key Takeaways and Insights from the HDN Board Diversity Conference By Sharon Thandi Last Thursday I spent the day up in Leeds and had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the Housing Diversity Network (HDN) Board...
18 Apr, 2024 Right to Shared Ownership – an update By Andrew Cowan On 17 October 2019 the Government announced a new Right to Shared Ownership (RtSO). Eligible tenants in eligible social or affordable...
10 Apr, 2024 16/05/2024 - Exceptions to the Rent Standard – Temporary Social Housing By Luke Hartnell The housing crisis is an issue which is high on the agenda for all Local Authorities and Registered Providers so Temporary Social Housing...
08 Apr, 2024 02/05/2024 - Consumer Credit and Anti-Money Laundering Update for Housing Associations By Luke Hartnell An update on consumer credit and AML matters for housing associations.
04 Apr, 2024 Rent settlement extended By Gemma Bell In a welcome move for many housing associations who are in the process of revisiting business plans, the Government confirmed yesterday...
15 Mar, 2024 TSM Technical Requirements updated to reflect Housing Ombudsman's 2024 Complaints Handling Code By Samantha Grix Donna McCarthy This morning the Regulator of Social Housing published an updated version of the Technical Requirements to align with the Housing...
29 Feb, 2024 NEW Consumer Standards published By Gemma Bell Matthew Waters Kathryn Kligerman Samantha Grix +1 more... Show less The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (‘the Act’) puts the regulation of the consumer standards on the same footing as the economic...