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...
30 Apr, 2024 Appointment of a Health and Safety Lead By Kathryn Kligerman Section 10 of the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 amended the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 so that a duty is placed upon...
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...
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...
06 Feb, 2024 Devonshires Banking Update - February 2024 By Alice Overton Our latest update is now available. This edition includes a profile of our newest qualified Solicitor, Lucy Poppleton, and a round up of...
04 Jan, 2024 2024/2025 Rent Increases By Samantha Grix The Regulator of Social Housing has today confirmed that the 7% cap on Social and Affordable Rent increases will not be extended after 31...
27 Oct, 2023 Regulation and Governance Conference 2023 By Ben Townsend In the midst of this period of substantial change in the social housing sector, I was delighted to attend the Regulation and Governance...
04 Oct, 2023 Institutional investment in social housing during the last year By Alice Overton It has been a much quieter year in the capital markets for our clients, but we were proud to be the most featured legal advisor for...
03 Oct, 2023 Sustainability Reporting Standard - version 2.0 By Rachel Orgill-Harris We are pleased to see that version 2.0 of the Sustainability Reporting Standard for Social Housing has been launched today. Adopters are...