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Tough decisions for housing providers: juggling strategic choices
Posted: 11/01/2021
2020 was a tough year for everyone. Adapting to a new way of life involving periodic lockdowns and ever-changing policies and guidance while trying to carry on ‘as normal’ has impacted everybody, in some shape or form. The social housing sector has seen its fair share of challenges to adapt to, including an initial freeze on the housing market...…>>
Deadline extension for the Building Safety (non-ACM) Fund and a new £30 million Waking Watch Relief Fund
Posted: 06/01/2021
In the March 2020 budget, the Government announced that it would provide £1 billion in 2020 to 2021 to support the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on residential buildings 18 metres and over in both the private and social housing sectors. The deadline for applications was originally 31 December 2020...…>>
Pensions: the implications of the SHPS valuation figures
Posted: 15/12/2020
TPT Retirement Solutions (TPT), which manages the Social Housing Pension Scheme (SHPS), has published estimated figures for the latest triennial funding valuation as at 30 September 2020. TPT has indicated that the preliminary results should be shared with employers by Spring 2021...…>>
Breaking the chain: upcoming changes in Modern Slavery Act compliance
Posted: 15/12/2020
In September 2020, the Government published the response to its consultation on transparency in supply chains, promising new measures to toughen up the requirements under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA). We explore below what these changes will mean for those operating in the social housing sector...…>>
Written resolutions and electronic circulation and signing
Posted: 15/12/2020
This update follows on from our previous article on flexible governance arrangements that can be put in place in light of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020. At the moment, many organisations will be using written resolutions to pass shareholder/company member resolutions given the difficulties in being able to hold in-person meetings...…>>

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Social housing update - March 2020
In this issue: We are living in unprecedented times as we enter the second week of lockdown in the fight against the spread of the coronavirus..

Social housing finance newsletter - March 2020
In this issue: Rishi Sunak will announce his first Budget tomorrow. The Government faces a number of challenges as it tries to balance the books carrying out its significant infrastructure projects and levelling out investment in the north, while dealing with the inevitable impact of Brexit and, more recently, the significant effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19).

Social housing update - January 2020
In this issue: EU nationals in the UK: what will change on 31 January? Tomorrow, the UK will leave the EU. Given the volume of news coverage and commentary since the Withdrawal Agreement was finalised at the end of last year.

Social housing update - December 2019
I would like to start by wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. The Conservative Party has secured a comfortable majority in the general election and its manifesto included several key pledges on housing related matters such as..

Social housing update - August 2019
Since our June newsletter was published, there has been a change in Prime Minister and the inevitable reshuffle of the Cabinet..

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Heat networks fact sheet
Do you have development plans? Do you own or manage sites with multiple users of heat (residential or commercial)? Do you already operate a heat network? If so, you need to engage now with government plans to encourage and regulate low carbon heat networks. You have until 1 June to comment on proposals.

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