It feels like changes are occurring daily at the moment. The current topic for implementation is the plan to merge the Housing, Parliamentary and Health and Local Government Ombudsmen into one large public body. At the moment there are 17 different ombudsman schemes including: The “Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman” Read more…
All the political parties have the Right to Buy scheme high on their agenda. In my new vlog I discuss what this means for the Social Housing sector. httpss://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WBuORQkdT8 Transcript: All the political parties have the right to buy scheme high on their agenda. Whatever happens on 7 May, the Read more…
On 31 January 2015, the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) and the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) launched a consultation on proposals to streamline the resale of shared ownership properties to make it quicker and easier to sell them. Current law Shared ownership leases include a pre-emption right Read more…
The consultation closes on 28 February 2015. The Department for Communities and Local Government (“DCLG”) and the Homes & Communities Agency (“HCA”) launched a consultation on proposals to streamline the resale of shared ownership properties to make it quicker and easier to sell them. The current provisions are perceived to Read more…
Happy new year to you all. We say goodbye to our successes of 2014 and head into 2015 at full speed. The readings indicate that this year will bring yet more changes and scrutiny to the social housing sector. It seems austerity and the financial pressure that social housing providers Read more…
A right to move consultation has been looming for some time and here it is. The policy aims to give social housing tenants the opportunity to move to a new area through the right to demand their housing is sold and an alternative is bought in an area of their Read more…
Did you know that the housing association house around 2.7 million households? Social housing forms just over 10% of the number of houses in Britain so there is no wonder that housing associations are strong and well managed businesses with a network of advisers. However, the social housing sector is Read more…
My first blog on the social housing page… Mmm, what do I say? Welcome to Autumn. New statute comes into force. The outlook for social housing in the coming months. No, none of this seems quite right for a first blog. What is “social housing”? Ok, now that has me Read more…
The Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) has recently published a statutory consultation on amending the regulatory framework for social housing in England in order to protect social housing assets. The consultation proposals include: Changes to the Governance and Financial Viability Standard to ensure that registered providers effectively manage their businesses Read more…