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Allocation to track when enforcing disrepair settlements

Allocation to track when enforcing disrepair settlements

Katie Goodman and Richard Dewsbery analyse a recent appeal that provides clarification on allocation in the context of alleged breaches of compromise agreements in housing conditions claims.

September 25, 2026

Allocation to track when enforcing disrepair settlements

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News

Borough to “tighten governance” around temporary accommodation procurement after monitoring officer and s.151 officer issue joint report

September 24, 2026

Council withdraws plan for additional licensing scheme for smaller HMOs after landlords threaten legal action

September 24, 2026

Housing Ombudsman hails “real progress” as annual review reveals lower proportion of complaints being upheld

September 15, 2026

West Midlands council failed to carry out suitability review of accommodation and gave resident conflicting advice, Ombudsman finds

Sep 15, 2026

Devonshires opens Cardiff office with hire of real estate and social housing partner

Sep 14, 2026

National Audit Office to investigate resilience of temporary accommodation system

Sep 11, 2026

Government calls for views on revising social housing allocations guidance

Sep 08, 2026

Councils urge action from MPs to protect social housing stock after record numbers of social homes sold to private buyers

Sep 07, 2026

Largest social landlord in Wales to procure £2.4m legal services contract

Sep 07, 2026

Tenant awarded nearly £8k from landlord over unlicensed HMO

Sep 03, 2026

Housing sector bodies issue guidance for tackling damp and mould

Sep 03, 2026

Councils under new duty to notify GPs, schools and other relevant bodies when child placed in temporary accommodation

Sep 02, 2026

Housing sector issues guidance aimed at improving section 106 outcomes

Sep 01, 2026

Council did not progress agreed works to home of disabled woman within appropriate timescales, Ombudsman finds

Sep 01, 2026

Council secures £500k confiscation order against ex-tenant over unlawful subletting

Sep 01, 2026

Ministers call on councils to review plans for increasing supply of council homes

Aug 27, 2026

Counties warn of “deepening crisis” in rural homelessness

Aug 27, 2026

Online Procedure Rule Committee publishes draft practice direction for possession proceedings

Aug 27, 2026

North of England housing association to set up £3.6m legal services framework

Aug 27, 2026

First wave of Social and Affordable Homes Programme funding “to support delivery of 70,000 homes”

Aug 25, 2026

North of England social landlords name eight firms to £14m legal services framework

Aug 24, 2026

Judge allows appeal in homelessness dispute over failure to take into account protected characteristics

Aug 21, 2026

Council launches rogue landlords taskforce after already issuing same number of enforcement notices than in previous financial year

Aug 18, 2026

Government issues guidance for councils on rights to service for migrants subject to NRPF condition

Aug 17, 2026

Council repays more than £330,000 after social housing tenants overpaid rent for years

Aug 14, 2026

Upper Tribunal sets aside striking out of appeal against selective licensing financial penalty

Aug 13, 2026

Upper Tribunal issues substituted banning order in case involving 104-year-old landlord

Aug 13, 2026

High Court dismisses public sector equality duty claim against London borough

Aug 06, 2026

Two sentenced for running unregistered children's homes in first-of-its-kind prosecution

Aug 05, 2026

Court dismisses challenge to selective licensing scheme after oral renewal hearing

Jul 31, 2026

Housing Ombudsman publishes response to STAIRs consultation, updates scheme

Jul 30, 2026

Judges reject appeal over whether proceedings for possession were properly served by social landlord in relation to assured tenancy

Jul 30, 2026

Housing Ombudsman report sets out insights from submissions under Complaint Handling Code

Jul 29, 2026

Regulator threatens housing association with compulsory deregistration

Jul 28, 2026

City council loses appeal over mortgagee exclusion clauses and section 106 agreements

Jul 23, 2026

Police investigate housing association over possible corporate manslaughter

Jul 23, 2026

Claimant eyes application to Court of Appeal in dispute with council over lettings scheme

Jul 23, 2026

City council fails in appeal over declaration it breached obligations owed under main housing duty

Jul 23, 2026

Mayor of London revises affordable housing quota decision following legal challenge

Jul 22, 2026

Supreme Court dismisses appeal over how homelessness duty comes to an end

Jul 22, 2026

Welsh housing association to procure £828k legal services contract

Jul 21, 2026

Burnham uses first PM speech to renew devolution pledge, tackle rough sleeping

Jul 20, 2026

Interim Housing Ombudsman named after Secretary of State decides against permanent appointment

Jul 15, 2026

4-5 Gray's Inn Square Housing

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Cyber Security and Resilience Bill: Why Local Authorities Cannot Afford to Wait

The UK Government’s proposed Cyber Security and Resilience Bill is likely to mark a significant shift in regulatory expectations. Jonathan Askin, Partner at Hugh James, explores the reasons why.

Cyber Security and Resilience Bill: Why Local Authorities Cannot Afford to Wait

Service charge recovery and the Building Safety Act 2022

Zoe McGovern, Sian Gibbon and Caroline Frampton set out what local authorities need to consider when it comes to the Building Safety Act 2022 and service charge recovery.

Service charge recovery and the Building Safety Act 2022

Fix it fast: How “Awaab’s Law” is forcing action in social housing

Eleanor Jones sets out what "Awaab's Law" will mean in practice for social landlords.

Fix it fast: How “Awaab’s Law” is forcing action in social housing

Housing management in practice: six challenges shaping the sector

Rebecca Rees provides key takeaways on six key challenges in housing management, including how to tackle anti-social behaviour.

Housing management in practice: six challenges shaping the sector

Why AI must power the next wave of Social Housing delivery

For years, national housing policy has wrestled with the tension between aspiration and delivery. Targets have been set and missed; waiting lists have grown longer, and the most vulnerable people in our society have been left with fewer safe, affordable places to call home.…

Why AI must power the next wave of Social Housing delivery

Features

Complex Possession Claims: Hoarding

Complex Possession Claims: Hoarding

September 22, 2026

Martin Horne and Karolina Zielinska deliver a pre-recorded webinar considering best practice in dealing with hoarding issues in litigation.

Mixed-tenure developments and service charges

Mixed-tenure developments and service charges

September 18, 2026

The Upper Tribunal has confirmed that service charge liability depends on the lease, writes Clive Adams.

Regulator or landlord?

Regulator or landlord?

September 03, 2026

Adam Rulewski explains why local authorities cannot use regulatory powers of entry to secure compliance with their own landlord obligations.

Three councils, thirty providers - and bigger question about where grant comes from next

Three councils, thirty providers - and bigger question about where grant comes from next

September 03, 2026

Jonathan Corris, Jonathan Jarvis and Ben Halsey assess the Government’s announcements on the first tranche of its flagship Social and Affordable Homes Programme.

Direct offer waiting lists

Direct offer waiting lists

Sep 03, 2026

The revised National Planning Policy Framework and registered providers

The revised National Planning Policy Framework and registered providers

Sep 03, 2026

Accurate civil penalty notices

Accurate civil penalty notices

Aug 21, 2026

Sharpe Five Podcast - Episode 1: Understanding Access Injunctions

Sharpe Five Podcast - Episode 1: Understanding Access Injunctions

Aug 06, 2026

Supported housing in focus: the 2023 Act

Supported housing in focus: the 2023 Act

Aug 06, 2026

Ending the Main Housing Duty

Aug 06, 2026

Home advantage

Aug 06, 2026

Tackling social housing fraud

Aug 05, 2026

Fitness for human habitation, s9A update

Aug 04, 2026

Case Update: Section 106 Mortgagee Exclusion Clauses: What Developers & LPAs Need to Know

Aug 04, 2026

Interpretation of s.106 agreements

Jul 31, 2026

Forfeiture mini series: Waiving goodbye to Forfeiture

Jul 21, 2026

The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Thiam v Richmond Housing Partnership

Jul 21, 2026

The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Begum v Tower Hamlets

Jul 21, 2026

Access Injunctions – legal update incorporating new guidance

Jul 17, 2026

When strategic partnerships go wrong

Jul 16, 2026

Selective licensing and ward boundaries

Jul 16, 2026

When is a dwellinghouse not a dwellinghouse?

Jul 10, 2026

Using Closure Orders to tackle persistent ASB

Jul 10, 2026

VAT on land for social housing

Jul 02, 2026

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Webinars

Sharpe Five Podcast - Episode 1: Understanding Access Injunctions

In this episode, Sharpe Pritchard and Five Paper explore what access injunctions are, why they are used, and the circumstances in which courts may grant them.

The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: R (FG) v Kensington and Chelsea

Forfeiture mini series: Re-entry, Re-let and Relief

Forfeiture mini series: Waiving goodbye to Forfeiture

The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Thiam v Richmond Housing Partnership

The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law: Begum v Tower Hamlets

The A to Z of Housing Discrimination Case Law - Akerman-Livingstone v Aster

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