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The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023: health and safety
Posted: 16/11/2023
This series of ‘back to the future’ articles looks at the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, the changes made, and what social housing providers should be aware of, as well as examining whether it is entirely new law, or a re-invention of something previously seen within the social housing sector. This is the second article in the series......>>
The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023: are we going back to the future?
Posted: 01/11/2023
There has been much coverage of the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, which gained royal assent on 20 July 2023. Much of this is focused on how the act shakes up social housing and introduces a number of new powers and obligations. This series of ‘back to the future’ articles will look at the act from a slightly different angle......>>
Some thoughts on the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee’s report on the regulation of social housing
Posted: 14/09/2022
The Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (LUHC) has published its first report of session 2022-23, and it makes for interesting reading. Its 55 paragraph summary contains 24 recommendations covering four topics......>>
Trustees' duties: the basics for new trustees
Posted: 21/07/2022
All charities must have an identifiable body of persons who are responsible for the general control and management of the charity. These individuals will be the charity trustees and, in some cases, they will also be directors of a charitable company. All will be subject to specific duties under charity law......>>
Prominent social housing specialist joins Penningtons Manches Cooper to lead dedicated corporate services team
Posted: 31/01/2022
Top 50 law firm Penningtons Manches Cooper has announced the appointment of Hugo Stephens as the head of its social housing corporate services team. Based in the firm’s Birmingham office, Hugo will assume overall responsibility for the consolidated specialist team, which works with housing providers on delivering their strategic objectives through their corporate structures......>>
ESG – a continually evolving area
Posted: 13/10/2021
In November last year we considered the opportunities and challenges posed by environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters for registered providers of social housing (RPs). However, ESG is a continually evolving area and we consider some recent updates below......>>
A question of public benefit (again) - Nuffield Health v London Borough of Merton
Posted: 20/09/2021
It is well established that, in order to be considered charitable, a charity must be established for exclusively charitable purposes and the nature of the charity’s purposes must be capable of benefiting the community at large. The first part of this test is somewhat less controversial as the recognised descriptions of charitable purpose......>>
The social housing sector – better together?
Posted: 11/06/2021
The past 18 months have seen the world change dramatically. For the UK’s social housing sector, it has presented various challenges and pushed organisations to operate in unanticipated ways. On the whole, the sector has risen to the challenge and organisations have shared their learning with each other in a more open and transparent way...…>>
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