7/3/2025 8:29:00 AM STAIRs to come into effect from October 2026 By Hetal Ruparelia Georgia Maskell From October 2026, social landlords will be required to proactively publish information about the management of their homes. From April...
6/25/2025 12:43:01 PM The Expanding Reach of Environmental Criminal Law By Michael Lewis Prateek Sharma Think breaching a Tree Preservation Order is just a planning issue? Think again. Environmental offences are no longer a side note in...
3/26/2025 11:54:04 AM 5 key takeaways from Devonshires' Breakfast Briefing on the Commonhold White Paper By Jonathan Corris Mark Foxcroft Ben Halsey Earlier this week, we were pleased to hold a breakfast briefing on the Government’s Commonhold White Paper (CWP). The briefing...
4/30/2024 4:24:40 PM 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...
4/10/2024 3:29:09 PM Housing Management & Property Litigation Brief – April 2024 By Donna McCarthy Lee Russell Our latest Housing Management & Property Litigation Brief, as well as the equivalent Wales edition; are now live! Housing Management &...
2/9/2024 2:26:05 PM Housing Ombudsman’s Complaint Handling Code becomes statutory By Donna McCarthy The Housing Ombudsman (‘HO’) and the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (‘LGSCO’) have launched their aligned Complaint Handling...
1/25/2024 1:44:40 PM The First Tier Tribunal makes their first determination on the Accountable Person regime under the Building Safety Act 2022 By Hannah Keane Lee Russell Mark London In their first determination pursuant to section 75(1) of the Building Safety Act 2022 (‘the BSA’), the First Tier Tribunal (‘FTT’) has...
1/18/2024 9:20:09 AM Building Safety Act 2022 - Requirement for a BSA complaints policy is now in force By Zoe McLean-Wells The Building Safety Act 2022 (the BSA) was introduced partly to give residents and homeowners in higher-risk buildings more rights and...
1/17/2024 9:15:24 AM Consultation on Awaab’s Law published By Donna McCarthy Victoria Smith Awaab’s Law, which was introduced in the Social Housing Regulation Act 2023, requires landlords to investigate and fix reported health...
1/4/2024 1:56:57 PM How Data Protection legislation can help the Housing Sector: Common issues and practical steps published by the ICO By Hetal Ruparelia Housing associations rely on the processing and sharing of personal data, such as contact details and medical records, to provide...
12/12/2023 9:37:38 AM Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016: Where are we now? By Victoria Smith This article is part of our Housing Management & Property Litigation Brief - Wales: Issue 4. It has been almost one year since the...
12/6/2023 9:12:12 AM Ask the expert - Shared Ownership By Jatinder Bhamber This article is part of our Housing Management & Property Litigation Brief: Issue 31. What is Shared Ownership? It is a form of home...