7/9/2025 3:48:29 PM Reforming the Right to Buy By Jabir Dar Following my previous blog considering the issues with the Right to Buy (RTB) scheme, the Government has now published its response to...
7/8/2025 2:46:31 PM Employment Rights Bill - Update #7; new amendments By Anna Dabek Libby Hubbard Here we are again with yet more ‘fun and games’ with the Employment Rights Bill. We now have the House of Lords amendments published on...
7/8/2025 10:03:58 AM Employment law update 2025 - what's happened so far? By Libby Hubbard For us employment law geeks, it’s probably fair to say that the twin peaks of 2025 to date have been a lengthy Bill in progress and a...
7/4/2025 1:44:36 PM Key takeaways from the Housing Ombudsman's report on anti-social behaviour (ASB) By Harry Browne The Housing Ombudsman has this week published its latest ‘learning from severe maladministration’ report on ASB. The report provides...
7/2/2025 2:49:08 PM Employment Rights Bill - Update #6: the road map By Anna Dabek Libby Hubbard It's always great (and somewhat surprising) when the 'powers that be' do what is promised. But so it came to pass with the ERB...
7/1/2025 2:07:54 PM In safe hands: Regulatory support for housing providers By Lorna Kenyon-Pain We’ve recently refreshed our website pages, and with that, we thought it was the perfect time to (re)introduce our regulatory team and...
7/1/2025 9:46:44 AM Disrepair claims - fixed recoverable costs exemption extended to 2028 By Helen Tucker The Government has confirmed that the exemption of housing disrepair claims from the current fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime (which...
6/30/2025 11:26:26 AM The Coroner's Court: inquests for social housing providers By Lorna Kenyon-Pain The inquest into the death of Awaab Ishak demonstrated the power of coroners to provoke and support change, not just for those parties...
6/30/2025 11:11:31 AM From setback to success - A paradigm shift in housing governance By Victoria Jardine At a recent Housing Governance Conference, I had the opportunity to reflect on the evolving landscape of governance in the housing...
6/30/2025 9:25:01 AM Reflections from NFTMO 2025 – Building safety and management: communication breakdown (and other fire hazards) By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Elizabeth Massey If you attended our session at the NFTMO conference this year, you’ll know it quickly turned into something of a legal surgery - and we...
6/27/2025 11:05:06 AM The draft guidance is finally here… Awaab’s Law By Suzanne Gregson The ‘Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025’ also known as Awaab’s Law, were laid in Parliament...
6/24/2025 2:00:03 PM Reviewing the Regulator: Is the Building Safety Regulator fit for purpose? By Lorna Kenyon-Pain The Building Safety Regulator was set up under the Building Safety Act 2022 (BSA 2022). One of its key purposes is to regulate...