Jonathan Cox

This clarification overrides the discrepancy in the Recovery of Capital Grants and Recycled Capital Grant Fund General Determination 2017 (the “Determination”) that indicates otherwise.

Sparked by the exponential growth in developers selling houses on a leasehold basis, with rapidly rising ground rents, the paper poses a variety of questions to respondents on how to end the practice.

The HANA Awards were launched by the National Housing Federation to recognise excellence in housing association finance. Jonathan Cox, Partner, and sector lead of our housing team, said, “We are thrilled to be recognised by the HANA Awards, which are now in their fifth year.

Our expert panel gathered to discuss the possible opportunities the deregulatory measures offer, together with the likely hurdles.

Devaluations Operating and development costs At its core social housing is an asset management and home building activity and therefore the cost of building materials is very important.

A key point about starter homes is that the sections will only be brought into force by regulation, so there is no “starter” (sic) date.

Housing and Planning Act 2016 receives Royal Assent 12th May 2016 Ending an extended “ping pong” session between the House of Commons and the House of Lords, Lord Kerslake revoked the last opposition amendment and the Act, which contains key provisions relating to the introduction of the VRTB and deregulatory measures including asset freedoms, was passed into law.

The passing of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill and the coming into force of the rent reduction rules on 1st April is far more significant. But what there was (the new towns and community-led development) continues the home ownership theme.

The Inside Housing article listed a wide variety of types of supported housing; and  in our view housing associations should increase rents for all types mentioned.