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The RSH’s latest iteration of ‘Regulating the Standards’ (RTS), issued earlier this month, provides greater clarity on the RSH’s approach to assessing compliance of registered providers of social housing (RPs) against the current requirements of the regulatory standards.

The current draft Building Safety Bill (“the Bill”) which has been published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government includes the requirement for the accountable person of a higher-risk building to appoint a building safety manager (“BSM”).

Dual-qualified Helen Curtis joins our Banking, Governance and Corporate team. 

We’re celebrating our fifth birthday of being in Leeds! Since opening in Leeds following the arrival of Partners Chris Drabble and Gary Grigor from Addleshaw Goddard, the team has grown to 21, including six Partners, and is actively recruiting new Solicitors with plans for further expansion. In addition to Gary Grigor (Banking) and Chris Drabble

The amendments are significant and complex in places but ultimately seek to protect leaseholders from the impact of remediating fire-safety defects.

We are delighted to announce that we have  been appointed by Platform Housing Group to act on their behalf in relation to banking and finance, and property and development work.

We are delighted to have acted for Housing 21 on their recent tap issue and retained bond sale.

Earlier this week, it was announced that implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 is set to take place on 15 July 2022.

We are delighted to have acted for L&Q in selling circa 1,500 homes to resident-led Phoenix Community Housing through a tenanted stock transfer.

On 1 December 2021 the Government published its Social Care White Paper in which a 10-year vision to address adult social care reform was set out.  As the name suggests, the “People at the Heart of Care” paper has a person-centred theme and sets out a range of policies to implement over the next 3 years.

As yet another unique year draws to a close, we have made the difficult decision not to celebrate in the usual way at our annual Client Christmas Party.

We are absolutely delighted to act for Sage on their stock purchase deal with Optivo.