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Fire advice for waking watch changes, due to Covid-19
The National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has updated its advice to building owners and landlords on how to operate the waking watch fire safety…
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Disrepair – more protection for social and private tenants
Legislation for social and private renters to take legal action for a wide range of disrepair came into force for existing periodic tenancies on 23rd…
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The Housing Budget 2020 – round up
There are a number of articles of note out there. here is a summary for those wishing to scan the news: This is a…
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Grenfell recommendations Phase One from Sir Martin
These have all been accepted and agreed by govt There is no date for their implementation yet! Evacuation There were no plans to evacuate Grenfell…
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Early adopters invitations to LAs – Hackitt enq. recommendations
The government has invited a selection of local authorities to become ‘early adopters’ of recommendations proposed in the Hackitt Review of building safety. The…
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Outcomes from recent housing consultation
Here is a list with links of the latest information to come out of MHCLG: Rents for social housing from 2020-21 26 February 2019…
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HAs suggest new electrical code
Housing associations including Vivid, Karbon Homes, Magenta Living, Cairn, First Ark and Regenda Homes were all involved in developing the code of practice. Current…
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Hackitt report into Grenfell Tower – opinion
Following on from the Hackitt review into fire/building safety. See below which we have posted before…. Building a Safer Future Here is a helpful…
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Annual review of social housing – B&S
Health and safety issues are increasingly major concerns for social housing providers after the Grenfell Tower disaster last June 2017. Beever and Struthers’ annual…
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100s of landlords sign up to commitments in the CIH domestic abuse pledge
Make a Stand was launched in June 2018 as part of Alison Inman’s presidential appeal in June 2018 . http://www.cih.org/makeastand It centres around a pledge developed in partnership with…
