11/14/2025 10:25:40 AM Renters' Rights Act Implementation Timeline is now live By Anna Bennett The Implementation timeline for the Renters' Rights Act ('RRA') has now been released and confirms the RRA will be introduced in three...
11/14/2025 9:07:28 AM Renters' Rights Act: Shared Ownership changes By Jatinder Bhamber Ronnie Pumfrey The Renters’ Rights Act 2025 (RRA), which received Royal Assent on 27 October 2025, introduces significant changes to the legal framework...
11/7/2025 10:50:48 AM Sector Risk Profile 2025 By Samantha Grix Sharon Thandi The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) published its Sector Risk Profile report (the Profile) for 2025 yesterday. The Profile sets out the...
10/28/2025 10:42:52 AM Renters’ Rights Act Receives Royal Assent By Anna Bennett The Renters’ Rights Bill officially received Royal Assent on 27 October 2025, marking its formal passage into law. Although the Act is...
10/27/2025 1:21:59 PM Awaab’s Law Regulations Now in Force: What This Means for Social Landlords By Baljit Basra Kerri Harrison From today (27 October 2025), the Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025, commonly known as...
10/22/2025 12:19:20 PM How late is too late to make an application for relief from forfeiture? : Mentmore Golf Investments Ltd v Gaymer By Mark Foxcroft Jatinder Bhamber The recent High Court decision in Mentmore Golf Investments Ltd v Gaymer [2025] EWHC 2604 (Ch) offers important clarification on the...
10/21/2025 3:34:30 PM Court of Appeal re-affirms extent of landlords’ discretion to decide ‘reasonable’ apportionment of service charges in Abacus 4 Ltd v Bradley By Mark Foxcroft The Court of Appeal’s recent decision in Abacus Land 4 Ltd v Bradley and another [2025] EWCA Civ 1308 provides important clarification on...
10/15/2025 2:30:03 PM Electrical Safety Standards extended to Social Housing Landlords By Anna Bennett Emilie Pownall Hana Rashid On 23 September 2025, the Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) (Amendment) (Extension to the Social Rented...
10/13/2025 12:17:40 PM Sustainable Finance: Governance Meets Opportunity By Alice Overton The social housing sector is well acquainted with sustainable finance products. Sustainability linked terms are common features of loan...
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...