2/14/2025 1:35:09 PM 5 Key Takeaways - Tackling Fraud in Social Housing Conference By Nikki Bowker Victoria Smith Rachel Orgill-Harris Earlier this week, we held our Tackling Fraud in Social Housing Conference. Our in-house fraud experts and a number of external speakers...
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...
2/4/2025 8:47:26 AM Further section of LAFRA 2024 comes into force By Zoe McLean-Wells Stavrina Tofallis Following Matthew Pennycook’s November statement outlining the Government’s plans to begin implementing the reforms from the Leasehold...
1/29/2025 4:37:22 PM Remediation Contribution Order for over £13 million granted against 76 companies in new Vista Tower decision By Zoe McLean-Wells Will O'Brien On 24 January 2025, the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) published their decision making a Remediation Contribution Order (RCO) in the sum of...
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...
1/22/2025 2:59:43 PM 18/02/2025 - HMPL Building Blocks: Legal Tools to Combat Anti-Social Behaviour By Luke Hartnell In this webinar we will look at the legal tools and tactics available to address anti-social behaviour with the aim of achieving the best...
1/22/2025 2:54:23 PM 30/01/2025 - HMPL Building Blocks: Shared Ownership – Dealing with Breach By Luke Hartnell This Webinar focuses on the tools available to landlords to deal with breaches of shared ownership leases, whilst also looking at likely...
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...
12/5/2024 2:45:40 PM Remediation Acceleration Plan - Deadline set for the removal of dangerous cladding By Mark London Rachel Jones Building owners have 5 years to remove dangerous cladding, or they face potential prison sentences On 2nd December, in open letters to...
12/3/2024 4:04:35 PM The Government has now responded to the Emergency Evacuation Information Sharing Plus consultation By Mark London Lee Russell Residential Personal emergency Evacuation Plans (PEEPs) will soon be necessary It was recommended by Phase 1 of the Grenfell Tower...
11/27/2024 12:24:43 PM Leasehold and Commonhold Reform - An update By Mark Foxcroft Zoe McLean-Wells On 21 November 2024, the Ministry of Housing published a press release announcing their intention to implement further provisions of the...