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I was somewhat surprised by Rishi Sunak’s re-appointment of Michael Gove as Housing Secretary late yesterday. After all, it’s just three months ago that he was fired by Boris Johnson and he announced plans to quit politics. But I’m pleased he’s back, because he seemed to be a man on a mission last time around.…
Simon Clarke has been appointed as the new housing secretary in Liz Truss’s new cabinet. He is MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland and was widely expected to be given the job. He has been an MP since 2017 and yesterday he tweeted: “Delivering on Levelling Up for communities in all parts of our…
After the revenge sacking of Michael Gove, and the flurry of ministerial resignations this week, Boris Johnson has installed his new housing ministry appointments. But they must surely be temporary Ministers … here today – gone tomorrow … as a new Prime Minister will want his/her own appointees. Anyway … Greg Clark has been appointed Secretary…
Back in February we saw the enactment of the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022. Today; 30th June 2022, we see it come into force … except for retirement flats where the commencement date is 1st April 2023. It’s already changed how my developer clients do business. What is the Act? In a nutshell, the…
Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on a petition to get Regulation of Property Agents actually implemented. After a bit of effort, it’s now live and ready for you to sign. It says … “Regulation of Property Agents has been requested by industry bodies for many years – and a Government working party investigated…
The Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA) and The Institute of Residential Property Management (IRPM) have merged to form The Property Institute (TPI). https://www.tpi.org.uk The two organisations, with a combined history of over 50 years, have been working extremely closely in recent years on a wide range of topics including the building safety crisis, sector…
Did you notice that Secretary of State for Housing, Michael Gove, gave leaseholders a Valentine’s Day gift? On 14th February he announced that the Government is going to protect leaseholders with new laws which will make industry pay for building safety.
Ground rents abolished. Watch the video to find out what this means for you…
On 20th January 2022 the Government launched the Building Safety Fund Leaseholder and Resident Service. It provides access to online information on their building’s status in the BSF application process provides greater transparency for the application process, as updated information will be published on the service on the third week of every month, so that individuals can…
Housing Minister; Michael Gove did a series of news interviews this morning, announcing more help for leaseholders affected by the cladding crisis AND the wider fire safety issues. Companies “have until March” to shoulder their responsibilities for medium rise buildings, between 11 and 18 metres tall. He also announce additional funds and a proposal to…