7/28/2025 1:35:44 PM Residential PEEPs: A new chapter in fire safety for vulnerable residents By Elizabeth Massey Lorna Kenyon-Pain In the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy, and after years of consultation, new requirements for Residential Personal Emergency...
7/28/2025 10:38:25 AM New Memorandum of Understanding between the Regulator of Social Housing and the Building Safety Regulator – Giving the regulators more teeth? By Elizabeth Massey Lorna Kenyon-Pain On 22 July 2025, a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was published between the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) and the Health and...
7/17/2025 8:29:51 AM Changes to electrical safety for social landlords By Elizabeth Massey Lorna Kenyon-Pain From November 2025, social landlords in England (both private registered providers of social housing and local authorities) will be...
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...
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 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...
6/24/2025 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...
5/13/2025 11:32:00 AM ACsess Risk – Handling complex complaints By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Elizabeth Massey We are delighted to announce that our next session of ACsess Risk will be focused on handling complex complaints. Recap: What is the aim...
3/28/2025 3:39:55 PM Welcome to ACsess Risk! By Elizabeth Massey Lorna Kenyon-Pain We are delighted to announce our new webinar series ACsess Risk, starting 1 April 2025. What is the aim of ACsess Risk? This series is...
3/24/2025 7:38:28 PM Is it enough to name and shame? The Prevention of Future Deaths Report and the Government By Lorna Kenyon-Pain Elizabeth Massey The Government recently published its response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report. An overview of the Government’s response can...
3/13/2025 12:28:08 PM Bridging the gap – Two coroners’ comments on window restrictors By Elizabeth Massey Lorna Kenyon-Pain Many housing and care providers will seek to mitigate the risk of falls from windows by installing window restrictors. However, the legal...
9/27/2024 10:42:58 AM Regulatory round-up: Care and housing prosecutions update 2024 By Freya Cassia Beth Parlane Understanding regulators’ priorities can help care and housing providers focus their improvements and proactively address any issues...