by admin | 26 Jul, 2024 | News
The State Opening of Parliament on 17 July culminated in the longest King’s Speech for many years, setting out the new Government’s legislative programme for the next year. It included 37 Bills or draft Bills, of which four are directly relevant to...
by admin | 26 Jul, 2024 | News
For the many newly elected MPs, the House of Commons Library has published a useful briefing on Affordable Housing in England. It provides definitions of the various types of affordable housing and shows that the proportion of housing for affordable or social rent has...
by admin | 12 Jul, 2024 | News
The Regulator of Social Housing and the Housing Ombudsman have issued an updated Memorandum of Understanding setting out how they will work together following significant changes to the roles of both organisations following enactment of the Social Housing (Regulation)...
by admin | 12 Jul, 2024 | News
Claims harvesters have become increasingly prevalent in the social housing sector over the last few years, targeting households, exploiting tenants, and draining much needed resources from Housing Revenue Accounts. As a result of the easy profits to be made, there are...
by admin | 12 Jul, 2024 | News
On 9 July, the Regulator of Social Housing published its first judgements on how well individual councils are performing against the new consumer standards. Bristol and Sheffield City Councils and Guildford Borough Council were all given C3 gradings, which imply...
by admin | 12 Jul, 2024 | News
Matthew Pennycook, MP for Greenwich and Woolwich, has been appointed Housing Minister in the Labour Government elected on 4 July. DLUHC will revert to its old name of Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. It will be headed by...
