7/3/2025 12:33:07 PM New consultation published on reformed Decent Homes Standard for social and privately rented homes By Victoria Smith Anna Bennett The MHCLG launched a consultation on 2 July 2025 on a reformed Decent Homes Standard (DHS) for social and privately rented homes. This...
7/3/2025 8:10:52 AM Rent Convergence: What you need to know By Samantha Grix After the Government announced in June that rent convergence would be reintroduced in the upcoming rent settlement, the consultation on...
7/2/2025 8:00:54 AM UK Government Launches Ambitious Ten-Year Infrastructure Strategy – perspectives for housing and other social infrastructure By Caroline Mostowfi Following the recent Spending Review and related announcements, the UK Government has now provided a landmark ten-year Infrastructure...
6/30/2025 11:02:37 AM Building Safety Regulator Reform - a 'Fast Track' process By James King HRB building control approval applications under the new approval process, known as Gateway 2, have been facing criticism for the...
6/30/2025 10:42:54 AM Fraud’s new frontline: Why civil litigators are thinking criminal By Michael Lewis The traditional divide between civil and criminal enforcement is blurring, particularly in complex fraud cases. With public agencies...
6/27/2025 8:00:56 AM Top 5 Takeaways: Crime and Policing Bill Breakfast Briefing By Rebecca Brady Charlotte Knight On Wednesday 25 June, we held an informative Breakfast Briefing on the Crime and Policing Bill (“The Bill”) chaired by Rebecca Brady and...
6/26/2025 2:56:28 PM New Electrical Safety Regulations laid in Parliament By Anna Bennett On 25 June 2025, the Government laid new electrical safety regulations before parliament, “The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private...
6/26/2025 2:02:22 PM Awaab’s Law: Government releases its response to consultation and publishes draft guidance for social landlords By Kerri Harrison Baljit Basra The Government has released its response to the consultation on new requirements under Awaab’s Law, including timescales for repairs in...
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...
6/25/2025 11:19:39 AM Housing Governance 2025: What We Heard, What You Need to Know By Sharon Thandi Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the NHF Governance Conference 2025. Despite battling cancelled trains (my ongoing nemesis!), I...
6/24/2025 4:17:51 PM A new National Housing Bank to catalyse funding for housebuilding By Gary Grigor Alice Overton Jonathan Corris Caroline Mostowfi +1 more... Show less The UK Government’s support for housing continued at the end of last week, with their announcement of the creation of the National...
6/23/2025 2:59:53 PM The FTT finds that legal costs of Remediation Order and Remediation Contribution Order applications can be recovered via a RCO By Zoe McLean-Wells Will O'Brien The First-tier Tribunal (“FTT”) recently arrived at its decision in respect of a Remediation Order (RO) pursuant to section 123 of the...