The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund As part of the Heat and Buildings Strategy, a further £800m of funding has recently been committed as part of the second wave of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, which will allow social landlords and social housing managers to apply for grants to carry out energy efficient upgrades to their...Read More
Looking Ahead to 2022 and Beyond Social Housing as a sector will undoubtedly remain a key social, political and environmental issue in 2022. As the Archbishop of Canterbury highlighted in the run up to Christmas 2021, the UK has many critical challenges to overcome to provide safe and affordable housing for all. The influence of...Read More
What The 2021 Budgets & Levelling Up White Paper Will Mean For The Social Housing Sector Although the Autumn Budget seems a long time ago, it is important to consider what was announced and how this may impact the sector moving forward. Two key areas of focus included the £11.5 billion investment commitment through the...Read More
Affordable Housing: More Crucial Than Ever With inflation at a 30 year high, pushing past 5% in the last 12 months to December 2021, rapidly rising energy costs, including Ofgem announcing that average energy prices will go up by £693 a year in April 2022, and it becoming increasingly difficult for working families to afford...Read More
A Supreme Court “Leapfrog” Case Provides Clarification For RTM Estates Key Contact: Jennifer Butcher Author: Laura Spence This month a landmark case has succeeded in the Supreme Court, overturning decisions in the First Tier and Upper Tribunal where it was previously dismissed because the courts found the facts to be bound by a 2012 Court of Appeal...Read More
Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (ATED): An Overview Key Contacts: Gareth Baker & Ben Honour Author: Emma Hutchings What is ATED? When purchasing and holding a residential property or when purchasing a company that owns residential property (whether for development or investment purposes) non-natural persons (NNPs) such as companies need to consider the potential ATED...Read More
THE COST OF “SAVING” YOUR LOCAL PUB Disaster Capitalism: Part-funded by the taxpayer and possibly happening even now in your local community Author: Jim Ryan “Disaster capitalism” is an ugly phrase. I have heard it recently described (accurately) as “vulture culture”. For example, it conjures up images of predatory speculators making huge profits from betting...Read More
Repair obligations and the removal of asbestos Key Contact: Damien Cann Author: Ffion Morgan Repair obligations and the removal of asbestos The case of Pullman Foods Ltd v The Welsh Ministers and another [2020] EWHC 2521 (TCC) (23 September 2020) (HHJ Keyser QC), highlights the importance of understanding and reviewing repairing obligations in a lease...Read More
“Restart, reset, reinvent”: The Future of Off-Site Construction Key Contact: James Williams Author: Harriet Kennerley In a flagship speech delivered this summer, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson described his approach to reviving the country’s post-Covid-19 economy as one of “build, build, build” – putting construction and new infrastructure at the heart of the government’s growth strategy. It...Read More
Craning Their Necks Key Contact: James Williams Author: Mark Summers Construction’s leaders turn their sights to the post COVID-19 recovery This week the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) – a high-profile organisation which brings together contractors, clients, academics and other key stakeholders in the industry – published its “Roadmap to Recovery”; a detailed set of proposals to guide...Read More
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