Social Housing Update - Autumn 2022

Welcome to our Autumn 2022 Social Housing Update.

This bumper edition includes:

• An article about the Regulator of Social Housing’s recently published Tenant Satisfaction Measures - Efstathios Kosteletos outlines the three key elements to consider;
• An update on the rules of Succession in the context of good housing management following the recent high court case of Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) v Mailey [2022] EWHC 2328 (QB);
• A consideration of the Government’s proposed cap on social housing rent from April 2023, where Georgia Harris and Jonathan Hulley look at what the proposal entails;
• A review from Jonathan Hulley on the Right to Buy extension that will include Housing Association Homes ;
• An explanation from Hannah Davison on Landlords' 18-month window to demand payment of service charges ;
• A briefing on the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme and the new grant funding available; and
• An article on the Building Safety Act 2022 and how the new regulations affect Social Housing.

In other news, the Birketts Social Housing team is delighted to have been appointed to the HALA (Housing Associations Legal Alliance) and Orbit legal panels, and we have recently celebrated a top ranking in the East Anglia region and a first ever ranking in London in the 2023 Legal 500 Legal Directory.?

There's still time to register for our upcoming webinars:

• Mobile Homes – Tenancy and Enforcements (Enforcement for both breach of tenancy and arrears and possession), taking place on Tuesday 22 November at 10am. Register here?
• Housing development and housing management update, taking place on Tuesday 29 November at 10am. Register here?