As part of its intervention to remove unsafe cladding, the government has unveiled a sector-wide developer tax. With draft legislation published, we provide a summary of the proposals for this new tax and look at what it could mean for the housing sector.

Read our monthly housing case law update, which includes recent cases from courts in England and Wales that are relevant to the #ukhousing sector.

This year’s Housing conference highlighted a number of challenges for the sector. Chris Grose summarises and evaluates the topics RPs need to be aware of, including sharing his own advice as well as tips from senior figures in the housing sector.

In this episode Kay Day and Mary Mundy discuss the selection stage of the procurement procedure, including the purpose of selection questions, the importance of finance tests and the need for staff training and robust record keeping at this stage.

The Government has introduced new regulations coming into force on 1 October 2021, which detail amended notice periods to be given to tenants and three new forms to be used by landlords. We set out how the new regulations will affect housing providers.

Read our monthly housing case law update, which includes recent cases from courts in England and Wales that are relevant to the #ukhousing sector.

At our recent webinar we discussed some of the considerations for RPs and developers before entering into a JV, as well as the benefits and different structures. In case you missed it, we set out some of the key points.

Read our monthly housing case law update, which includes recent cases from courts in England and Wales that are relevant to the #ukhousing sector.

Tenancy fraud is a common issue for registered providers and local authorities. We summarise a recent case and how our legal experts can support housing providers to prevent fraudulent activities.

The new shared ownership model lease includes further new provisions that make the shared ownership product more affordable by reducing the initial minimum share. We set out the new additions and the impact they will have on RPs.

The Charities Bill discusses the need to simplify the process for charities to dispose of land, seeking to implement the recommendations from the Law Commission’s 2017 report. We examine how the changes will impact land disposals for registered providers.

Read our monthly housing case law update, which includes recent cases from courts in England and Wales that are relevant to the #ukhousing sector.