All Regulations articles – Page 3
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NewsHousing Ombudsman urges landlords to proactively tackle hate crime and anti-social behaviour
A new report from Richard Blakeway finds landlords are “too passive” in their approach
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NewsSwindon Borough Council fails to meet consumer standards
Regulator criticises Wiltshire local authority for failures relating to fire safety, damp and mould
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In FocusWhy most new homes are still being built to old standards
Almost two in three new homes are still being built to regulations that applied in 2013, over a year and a half after the end of the transition period for the new part L and other requirements. How has the government got its projections so wrong? Tom Lowe reports
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NewsNotting Hill Genesis recruits Livv chief executive to its board as it aims to regain compliance
Léann Hearne, who is also vice-chair of Yorkshire Housing, has joined G15 landlord to monitor its improvement plan
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NewsGovernment announces phased timetable for Awaab’s Law
Sector welcomes plan to introduce policy in phases with focus on damp and mould from October
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NewsContractor says developers could fund pre-application process to ease building safety ‘gateway 2’ logjam
McLaren warns larger new high-rise housing projects are being stalled for up to a year by checks under the Building Safety Act
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NewsSadiq Khan consults on plans for new intermediate rental tenure for key workers
Mayor London proposes rents based on 40 per cent of key workers’ incomes
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NewsOmbudsman highlights ‘clear and common failings’ in social landlords' approach to ASB
Anti-social behaviour identified as second highest source of Ombudsman complaints
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NewsReview finds failings in Aster Group’s maintenance of ‘living roofs’
A review ordered by the Housing Ombudsman after detachment of roof planting finds lack of safety measures and irrigation systems
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NewsThree more Scottish social landlords identify RAAC in their homes
Scottish Housing Regulator data reveals that a total of 16 landlords have now found RAAC in their homes.
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NewsNine housing associations re-issued with ‘V2’ financial viability grade following stability checks
All of the housing associations assessed so far kept their existing financial viability grades
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NewsPushing for rent convergence ‘priority’ for NHF as it draws up consultation response
Trade body calls for evidence from housing association members on financial capacity impact of re-introducing policy ditched in 2015
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NewsOmbudsman warns sector after issuing 10 landlords with multiple complaint failure orders in first quarter
Richard Blakeway frustrated over repeated Complaint Handling Failure Orders
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NewsHousing Ombudsman's orders against social landlords triple year-on-year
Blakeway made almost 22,000 recommendations to put things right in 2023/24
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NewsRegulator of Social Housing issues top ‘C1’ grading to a council for the first time
A South Yorkshire council has received a ‘C1’ for how it is meeting the consumer standards outcomes
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NewsOrbit appoints new director of customer experience
Former Asda customer insight lead will be responsible for creating new strategy
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NewsAlex Norris replaces Rushanara Ali as building safety minister
Ali lost the brief after it came to light that she had attended a conference sponsored by a cladding firm linked to Grenfell
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NewsCIH Scotland has ‘serious concerns’ that introducing Passivhaus equivalent will affect housing delivery
Devolved government plans to bring in standard for all new builds
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NewsNew NHF report urges social landlords to use data to make contact with residents count
The report says that landlords do not need to wait for IT solutions to make use of resident data
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NewsLandlords struggling with damp and mould repairs timescales, Ombudsman finds
The watchdog has shared more than 100 severe maladministration cases on damp and mould ahead of Awaab’s Law being introduced.