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The Government has recently published guidance for developers concerning the end of the Help to Buy Equity Loan Funding scheme in March 2023.

We are delighted to welcome Sara Mondon to our growing Leeds team.

Devonshires are delighted to have acted for Optivo on two bond tap issues in less than four months.

We are absolutely delighted to have acted for Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) on their joint venture with Countryside, in connection with regeneration of the Clapham Park estate.

After years of discussion, the statutory provisions concerning ground rent in long residential leases are set to change on 30th June 2022, resulting in landlord’s no longer being able to charge ground rent in new leases, save for some exceptions.

Amongst all the fanfare of the publication of the White Paper last week regarding amendments to the private rented sector, the “Property Guardians: headline report” may have been missed.

We are pleased that Devonshires have once again been represented strongly in the annual Best Lawyers UK rankings!

The Government has today published their ‘fairer private rented sector’ white paper. It is likely to have a significant impact on the sector.  

The Cambridgeshire Cottage Housing Society (TCCHS) has today become a member of the English Rural Housing Association Group.

On 30 May 2022 the Welsh Government announced that they would be postponing the implementation of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (the Act) until 1 December 2022. The implementation date will no longer be 15 July 2022.

The Welsh Government has recently launched a consultation for a new quality standard aimed at improving conditions of social housing in Wales. The Welsh Housing Quality Standard 2023 (‘WHQS 2023’) will apply to all Registered Social Landlords and Local Housing Authorities.

The Fire Safety Act, having been introduced to Parliament in March 2020 and received Royal assent in April 2021, has finally come into force on 16 May 2022.