14 Aug, 2024 Deferring window repairs to a planned programme simply isn’t enough… By Deborah Frost On 10 July 2024, the Housing Ombudsman wrote to the chief executives of all social housing providers encouraging them to review their...
09 Aug, 2024 Lessons to learn - Regulator of Social Housing's Annual Consumer Regulation Review By Helen Tucker On 17 July 2024, the Regulator of Social Housing issued its Annual Consumer Regulation Review for 2023-2024. This relates to the last...
18 Jul, 2024 Small claims mandatory mediation pilot - Will it fly? By Bethany Milne As of 22 May 2024, mandatory mediation has been introduced for certain cases allocated to the small claims track where the only remedy...
30 May, 2024 The general election and housing legislation: Implications for landlords By Bethan Jones Following the announcement on Wednesday 22 May that the General Election (or ‘Genny Lec’ as it can be affectionately called) will take...
15 Jan, 2024 Awaab's Law - consultation begins By Helen Tucker A sea change in disrepair legal obligations approaches. To understand the proposals in Awaab's Law, see the e-briefing from my colleague...
12 Jan, 2024 Awaab's Law - consultation now out By Suzanne Gregson On 9 January 2024, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities released its long-awaited consultation on Awaab’s Law, which...
28 Nov, 2022 Proactively managing disrepair claims By Helen Tucker This was the title of the panel session I spoke at during the HOMES UK 22 conference last week. My main point was for landlords to focus...
07 Mar, 2022 Claims farming and disrepair cases By Helen Tucker A helpful article in Inside Housing last week from Riverside's CEO about the cost of disrepair claims. Of course, there are valid claims...
29 Oct, 2021 Parallel tracks: Disrepair claim or Ombudsman complaint? 'It's not lifestyle' By Helen Tucker Have you spotted the Housing Ombudsman's 'Spotlight Report on damp and mould - It's not lifestyle' and a significant change to its...