10/2/2025 8:35:55 AM The Competence & Conduct Standard cometh By Kirsty Thompson Following consultation which closed 18 months ago, the Government has now issued a direction to the Regulator of Social Housing to set a...
10/1/2025 3:43:55 PM STAIRS Update: Consultation outcome now published By Hetal Ruparelia Georgia Maskell The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) has today published: The outcome of its consultation on: (1) the proposed...
9/25/2025 1:00:41 PM The Developer Remediation Contract for Wales By Lena Barnes John O'Mahony You may have missed that over the summer, as part of a phased introduction of changes, the Welsh Government has published its Developer...
9/25/2025 12:56:25 PM Findings from the Front By Lena Barnes Mark London The Regulator for Social Housing has today released its findings from the 2025-26 Q1 Fire Safety Remediation Survey on buildings over 11...
9/19/2025 8:57:23 AM Joint plan to accelerate the remediation of social housing By Matthew Cocklin Alicia Ogborn Bethany Penman In August 2025, the Government published its joint plan to accelerate the remediation of social housing (“the Joint Plan”). The Joint...
9/12/2025 4:11:37 PM Devonshires and Five Paper host joint conference on the changing legislative environment housing providers are facing By Mark Foxcroft Rebecca Brady On Thursday 11 September, we were delighted to jointly host a conference with Five Paper: “Risks and Opportunities for Housing Providers...
9/12/2025 8:02:02 AM The Regulatory Casework Review - Lessons Learned By Gemma Bell Ellen Damlica On 9 September 2025 the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) published its first Regulatory Casework Review (the Review) which covers key...
8/28/2025 8:04:57 AM Social Housing publishes article: “Leasehold reform: implications for social housing providers” By Mark Foxcroft I have recently featured in Social Housing, writing an article on “Leasehold reform: implications for social housing providers” . My...
8/13/2025 1:40:45 PM Cladding Safety Scheme Reform – Update for Social Housing Providers By Rachel Jones Michael Petrick On 11 June 2025 it was confirmed that social housing providers were going to be granted equal access to the Government’s Cladding Safety...
8/1/2025 3:15:46 PM Court of Appeal clarifies consequences of failing to serve Notice of Invitation to Participate on tenant By Mark Foxcroft Jatinder Bhamber In Avon Freeholds Ltd v Cresta Court E RTM Co Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 1016, the Court of Appeal determined that a Right to Manage (“RTM”)...
7/31/2025 12:49:43 PM Awaab's Law – a legislative update and, separately, recommendations for development transactions By Triya Maicha Baljit Basra Charlotte Sawyer Ben Halsey +1 more... Show less Background and Recent developments As readers will be aware, the introduction of Awaab's Law marks a significant shift in the...
7/30/2025 3:26:09 PM Examining the Building Safety (Wales) Bill By Mark London Matthew Cocklin Lena Barnes On 7 July 2025, the Welsh Government set out its new, landmark Building Safety (Wales) Bill (“the Bill”) in response to the Grenfell...