Aug 30, 2024 Building Safety Act 2022: Devonshires' Flagship Conference Returns By Lee Russell Mark London Following last year’s success, we are delighted to announce the return of our flagship conference on the Building Safety Act 2022. The...
Aug 06, 2024 Charging Leaseholders for Remedying Structural Defects – a recent Upper Tribunal case By Zoe McLean-Wells The London Borough of Tower Hamlets -v- Lessees of Brewster House and Malting House [2024] UKUT 193 (LC) is a recent Upper Tribunal (UT)...
Aug 01, 2024 Housing Ombudsman launches Call for Evidence for new report on housing maintenance By Donna McCarthy Kerri Harrison Victoria Smith On 1 August 2024, the Housing Ombudsman (the ‘HO’) launched a ‘Call for Evidence’ to inform its next Spotlight report. The report is...
Jul 23, 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...
Jul 23, 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...
Jul 17, 2024 All Change? Shared Ownership v Commonhold By Mark Foxcroft Does Labour’s manifesto commitment to make commonhold the default tenure spell the end of shared ownership? Labour’s manifesto stated...
Jul 11, 2024 All Change? The ‘immediate’ abolition of ‘no fault’ evictions By Anna Bennett What are the implications for Landlords, and the Courts, of Labour’s promise to abolish s21 no fault evictions immediately? The dust is...
Jul 09, 2024 All Change? Awaab’s Law and the Private Rented Sector By Victoria Smith How would Labour’s promised extension of ‘Awaab’s Law’ to the Private Rented Sector work? Within their manifesto, Labour set out their...
Jul 05, 2024 All Change? A guide to the new Government By Devonshires News So, the electorate has spoken and we have a new Labour Government (note: not the same thing as a New Labour Government). Whichever Prime...
Jul 01, 2024 Are RPs geared up to deal with inquests? By Samantha Grix The answer to the above question is all too often ‘no’ and is something that needs consideration. Fiona Underwood of Altair and I have...
Jun 06, 2024 Data Sharing to ensure tenant safety under the new Consumer Standards: Our top tips By Hetal Ruparelia Georgia Maskell Required Outcome 1.3 of the Safety and Quality Standard requires registered providers (RPs), when acting as landlords, to take all...
Jun 05, 2024 Shared Ownership and section 166 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 By Jatinder Bhamber Mark Foxcroft Shared ownership is in the spotlight again following the recent judgment in the County Court case of Sovereign Network Homes v Ms Vanessa...