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...
28 Dec, 2023 Illegal evictions - police or civil matter? By Helen Tucker On Christmas Eve, The Observer reported on the grim statistics about increasing illegal evictions and at the same time the very few...
06 Nov, 2023 Call for evidence on the county courts By Helen Tucker Parliament's Justice Committee has launched a call for evidence about the working of the county court generally. It closes on 14 December...
19 Oct, 2023 Renters Reform Bill is back on... By Helen Tucker Michael Gove has now secured parliamentary time for a second reading of the Rent Reform Bill on Monday 23 October. It is then expected...
21 Sep, 2023 Renters Reform Bill delayed By Helen Tucker The Government has not made parliamentary time for its second reading this autumn as expected, so the progress of the Renters Reform Bill...
11 Aug, 2023 Housing management thoughts - Regulator of Social Housing's consumer standards consultation By Helen Tucker The proposed new Social Housing consumer standards are now out for consultation by the Regulator of Social Housing. They will come into...
30 May, 2023 Renters Reform Bill - changes to possession grounds By Helen Tucker My detailed ebriefing sets out the significant changes proposed to the grounds for possession relevant to social landlords. This is the...
02 May, 2023 Surrendering a joint tenancy By Rebecca Sembuuze Ending a joint tenancy can sometimes be more complicated than ending a sole tenancy. Case law has confirmed that one joint tenant can...
27 Mar, 2023 Service of NSPs by local authorities By Helen Tucker A new Court of Appeal case (Birmingham City Council v Drew Bravington) has decided that local authority landlords can validly serve a...
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...
07 Feb, 2022 The end of no-fault evictions approaches for the private rented sector By Helen Tucker Amongst the many proposals made in the Levelling Up White Paper published this week is a mention of the long-awaited abolition of...
28 Jan, 2022 BBC Panorama - Anti-social behaviour: Afraid in my own home By Rebecca Sembuuze “Anti-social behaviour damages lives and communities. Victims want the police and councils to use all the powers at their disposal so...