4/8/2025 12:46:51 PM A landlord cannot be the subject of a Remediation Order where the Right to Manage has been exercised By Zoe McLean-Wells The First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) ('FTT') has dismissed an application for a Remediation Order ('RO') pursuant to s123 of the...
4/3/2025 3:22:25 PM Publication of new NHBC Housing Warranty Policies including changes in respect of insolvency cover By Triya Maicha Philip Evans Ben Halsey On 1 April 2025, the National Housebuilding Council (NHBC) published an updated version of its Buildmark and Buildmark Choice Housing...
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...
3/25/2025 2:08:17 PM Treasury announces additional £2 Billion Investment in Affordable Housing By Ben Halsey Triya Maicha Jonathan Jarvis Another day, another ‘once in a generation’ announcement, but the latest significant boost to existing grant funding has, for the most...
3/4/2025 11:10:30 AM The Government has announced the beginning of the end of the ‘feudal’ leasehold system By Zoe McLean-Wells Mark Foxcroft Shannon Morrison On 3 March 2025, the Ministry of Housing published the Commonhold White Paper which seeks to make landmark reforms on the leasehold...
3/3/2025 8:43:32 AM Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 - Sections affecting Right to Manage come into force today By Zoe McLean-Wells Mark Foxcroft Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 sections in relation to the Right to Manage to come into force today (3 March 2025) On the 6...
2/25/2025 1:18:20 PM The one about the Moths, the Mansion, and Misrepresentation - Iva Patarkatsishvili & Yevhen Hunyak v William Woodward-Fisher [2025] EWHC 265 (Ch) By Ben Halsey Stavrina Tofallis Judgment has now been handed down by the High Court in the above case: Judiciary.uk Aside from representing a unique opportunity for...
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...
12/18/2024 10:18:10 AM Homes England publishes ‘clearance’ database of Section 106 affordable housing sites By Ben Halsey Triya Maicha Jonathan Corris Jonathan Jarvis +1 more... Show less Homes England (HE) has now made available the Section 106 Affordable Housing Clearing Service, which is a database (or what some are...
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...
10/21/2024 2:27:03 PM Loans to social housing providers backed by National Wealth Fund guarantees By Rachel Dros Alice Overton Rachel Orgill-Harris In recent months there have been loud and numerous calls for innovative finance models to be developed in order to release funding for...
10/9/2024 10:20:51 AM Devonshires act for Moat Homes Limited in new £100m Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme funding By Luke Bevis We are delighted to have acted for Moat Homes Limited on its new £100m loan under the Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme. The transaction...