The Law Commission announced that it will be publishing all three residential leasehold and commonhold reports on 21st July and formally launching them at a meeting of the APPG on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform on the same day.
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THE HOUSING LIN A-Z of ACTIVITIES IN RETIREMENT HOUSING
This document was collated by colleagues at RHG in conjunction with ARCO, HBF and ARHM. Our thanks to everyone who supplied examples....
UPDATE – Letter of thanks and support received from the Minister of Care Helen Whatley
Further to our continued dialogue with the Minister of Care, we are pleased to have received a letter of support from the Minister which we have shared directly with our named contacts across our membership for them to pass on to all their teams who are providing...
UPDATE – Joint Letter to the Government from ARHM Retirement Housing Group (RHG) and Home Builders Federation (HBF)
Together with RHG and HBF, we wrote a couple of weeks ago to Matt Hancock at the Department for Health and Social Care raising our concerns that retirement housing had been omitted from arrangements to support care providers and residents in extra care housing and...
Joint Letter to the Government from ARHM Retirement Housing Group (RHG) and Home Builders Federation (HBF)
ARHM has teamed with RHG and HBF to write to Ministers seeking clarification on a number of important concerns raised by members about coronavirus and residents in Extra Care and Sheltered Housing schemes and offering the support of the sector at this difficult time....
Coronavirus Covid-19 Information for Members
Below are some articles which you may find useful on how COVID-19 will affect business: New provisions regards Statutory Sick Pay – will be posted later today Beware - Statutory deadline for leasehold enfranchisement claims still in force To Move or Not to Move –...
Coronavirus (Covid-19) Good Practice Note
Please see attached briefing which we hope may be of use to members. Good Practice Note Coronavirus (Covid-19) Coronavirus hand wash A4 Poster
UNIFIED CODE OF PRACTICE?
ARHM is involved in discussions about the possibility of a unified Code of Practice. This idea was also raised as part of the discussions that took place under Lord Best’s Regulation of Property Agents (RoPA) considerations. RICS, Property Ombudsman, ARMA, IRPM are...
GOVERNMENT CONSULTATIONS
There is currently a consultation on ‘First Homes’, a potential new discount market sale product aimed at first time buyers but the consultation considers the potential for including people ‘currently stuck in unsuitable housing and cannot move because the next step...
WELSH GOVERNMENT NEWS
In 2019, our former Chair of ARHM, Richard Wheeldon, was invited to work with the Welsh Government on an initiative looking at Leasehold Reform in Wales. This included heading up the group who were tasked with looking at Codes of Practice. The final recommendations...