The Government has revealed plans to name and shame social landlords such as housing associations, leading to worries within the private rented sector that private landlords and their agents will soon face the same treatment. The recent announcement reveals that the...
Commons Library publications on the rising cost of living in the UK, including cause of inflation, the effect on households, and Government support. The cost of living has been increasing in the UK since early 2021. In June 2022, inflation reached a 40-year high of...
You can see all versions of the White Paper here.
The Government has released more details about the £400 energy bills discount to support households this winter The press release can be seen here
This morning (June 9th 2022), the Housing Secretary, Michael Gove, described Housing Policy as a Mosaic as the Government announced several proposals, which have already been announced over the last 5 years - Listen here These policies include the ability of those on...
The Renters’ Reform Bill White Paper outlining legislation to abolish Section 21 looks to have been pushed back yet again. Until recently, Housing Minister Eddie Hughes had been promising to publish the paper ‘this Spring’, but when answering a parliamentary question...
Whether the Prime Minister choses to resign or not after last nights ‘no confidence’ vote, it will leave him damaged. Theresa May didn't survive a better percentage 'win', will Boris Jihnson? History has shown that Tory leaders who were subject to such votes didn’t...
The House of Parliament Library has just released its regular report on Key Economic Indicators in the Housing Market It can be seen here, and says: House prices, as measured by the UK House Price Index, increased by 9.8% between March 2021 and March 2022. On a...
The House of Commons Library has just published a report on Leasehold reform in England and Wales: What’s happening and when? It can be seen here, and states Future legislation will: Reform the process of enfranchisement valuation used to calculate the cost of...
What Mortgage are running an opinion piece calling for greater clarity concerning the probable changes to the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard. This follows our letter to the Business Secretary calling for the same – see here. Note that the proposed change to MEES...
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