Adult Social Care Reform White Paper – the housing implications
09/12/2021
On Wednesday 1 December, the Government published its adult social care reform white paper, which sets out its ten-year vision to improve adult social care and provides information on funding proposals that will be implemented over the next few years.
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Housing Ombudsman to put spotlight on noise nuisance
07/01/2022
The Housing Ombudsman’s next two Spotlight reports for 2022 will include an investigation into noise nuisance and an examination of the learning from cases that involve social landlords’ engagement with managing agents.
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Housing White Paper – review of professionalisation
06/01/2022
The Social Housing White Paper “The Charter for Social Housing Residents”, published in November 2020 heralded a review of professional training and development in the social housing sector to ensure residents receive a high standard of customer service.
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Community Sponsorship - updated guidance
06/01/2022
The Government has updated guidance for community groups interested in becoming involved in supporting the resettlement of vulnerable people fleeing conflict.
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Possession proceedings - updated guidance for landlords and tenants
06/01/2022
On Wednesday 22 December, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) updated the guidance for landlords and tenants in the private and social rented sectors to explain the possession action process in the county courts in England and Wales.
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Limit on annual rent increases for 2022/23
25/11/2021
On 15 November, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) updated the Rent Standard guidance that registered providers of social housing must comply with, to update the limit on annual rent increases for 2022 to 2023.
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RSH sets out approach to consumer regulation
25/11/2021
A year after publication of the Social Housing White Paper the Regulator of Social Housing has set out their initial thinking on reshaping consumer regulation as proposed in the White Paper.
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Social housing to be required to have smoke alarms fitted
25/11/2021
In 2020 the Government launched a consultation paper seeking views on proposals to require the mandatory installation of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in social housing. On 23 November 2021 the Government published its response to the earlier consultation paper confirming that social housing will be required to have smoke alarms fitted.
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