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Following publication of the Government consultation paper on proposals for a new regulatory system for high-rise buildings the Housing Ministry has announced a series of Resident Roadshows to explain the proposals to tenants and residents of high-rise buildings.

The fourth annual Welfare Reform survey from ARCH and the National Federation of ALMOs (NFA) shows that households on Universal Credit are still significantly more likely to have housing debt than those on Housing Benefit and Universal Credit is draining cash and resources from already hard-pressed councils and their ALMOs.

ARCH and the National Federation of ALMOs (NFA) held a parliamentary reception at the House of Commons on 2 July to celebrate 100 years since the 1919 Housing Town Planning Act – widely referred to as the Addison Act.

In our last Bulletin we advised ARCH members of the publication of a consultation paper “Building a Safer Future: proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system” setting out the Government’s proposals for a new regulatory system for high rise buildings.

Speaking at the CIH Conference in Manchester on 26 June, outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May set out her legacy on housing and promised publication in September of an action plan and timetable for implementing wide-ranging reforms of social housing following the Social Housing Green Paper.