Adult Social Care Reform White Paper – the housing implications
09/12/2021
On Wednesday 1 December, the Government published its adult social care reform white paper, which sets out its ten-year vision to improve adult social care and provides information on funding proposals that will be implemented over the next few years.
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Tackling hoarding in council housing
20/01/2022
ARCH has been contacted by HoardingUK, a charity dedicated to supporting people affected by hoarding behaviours, who are looking to work with local authority landlords to help tackle and support tenants and residents with hoarding behaviours who may present a risk to themselves and others.
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Updated safety case information expected soon
20/01/2022
Last year the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) published the safety case ‘key principles’ document to introduce the new requirements for a safety case for high rise buildings in scope of the Building Safety Bill, which is currently going through Parliament.
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Housing Ombudsman to put spotlight on noise nuisance
07/01/2022
The Housing Ombudsman’s next two Spotlight reports for 2022 will include an investigation into noise nuisance and an examination of the learning from cases that involve social landlords’ engagement with managing agents.
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Housing White Paper – review of professionalisation
06/01/2022
The Social Housing White Paper “The Charter for Social Housing Residents”, published in November 2020 heralded a review of professional training and development in the social housing sector to ensure residents receive a high standard of customer service.
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Community Sponsorship - updated guidance
06/01/2022
The Government has updated guidance for community groups interested in becoming involved in supporting the resettlement of vulnerable people fleeing conflict.
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Possession proceedings - updated guidance for landlords and tenants
06/01/2022
On Wednesday 22 December, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) updated the guidance for landlords and tenants in the private and social rented sectors to explain the possession action process in the county courts in England and Wales.
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