09 May, 2024 Devonshires acts as Origin Housing joins the Places for People Group By Rachel Orgill-Harris On 16 April, Origin Housing – with its 7,800 homes across London and the Home Counties – formally joined Places for People Group as a...
09 May, 2024 RSH Fees Consultation Published - what does this mean for your organisation By Sharon Thandi The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has published the outcome of its consultation on changes to its fee principles and confirmed fee...
03 May, 2024 Common Weaknesses in Housing Association Anti-money Laundering Compliance By Rachel Orgill-Harris Whilst the number of suspicious activity reports made by housing associations to the National Crime Agency has historically been very...
30 Apr, 2024 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...
04 Apr, 2024 The Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) – 1st April 2024 update By Alex Clarke The purpose of this Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) is to improve the quality of social housing in Wales. The Welsh Government aims...
04 Apr, 2024 Rent settlement extended By Gemma Bell In a welcome move for many housing associations who are in the process of revisiting business plans, the Government confirmed yesterday...
28 Mar, 2024 Housing Ombudsman launches consultation on proposed approach to Good Practice By Victoria Smith Donna McCarthy On Tuesday 26 March 2024 the Housing Ombudsman ('the HO') launched a consultation for social landlords on its proposed approach for...
06 Mar, 2024 UK Government expanding remedies under the Building Safety Act 2022 – but it could go further By Will O'Brien Mark London Lee Russell Mark Foxcroft +1 more... Show less The Government’s Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has made its way through the House of Commons and has had its first reading in the...
04 Mar, 2024 Cladding Safety Scheme Eligibility: Further Guidance By James King As highlighted in one of Devonshires' previous articles, the move away from remediation work that is in strict compliance with Building...
29 Feb, 2024 NEW Consumer Standards published By Gemma Bell Matthew Waters Kathryn Kligerman Samantha Grix +1 more... Show less The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (‘the Act’) puts the regulation of the consumer standards on the same footing as the economic...
09 Feb, 2024 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...
02 Feb, 2024 New government consultation on social housing allocation By Donna McCarthy The Government announced a new consultation on 30 January 2024, as to how they propose to ‘crack down on rule breakers’ with regard to...