14th March 2025Dear MembersThe Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are interested to hear about your experience in ensuring lease compliance. In particular, the Department would like to understand how forfeiture is used, and any experience you have of ensuring compliance through other means e.g. recovering debts from earnings or seeking an injunction to […]
55th February 2025Your views are important!Since its inception in 1971, the FPRA has challenged, rallied and engineered change for the benefit of its members and the wider leasehold community. And we still are! However, today, we’re asking for your help.The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is running a Consultation on introducing permitted insurance […]
9th November 2023The Chairman has received an email after the Kings speech on November 7th from the Commonhold Team at the DLUHC and the Leasehold, Commonhold and Rentcharges Division. A briefing note was attached, reproduced below. From the King’s Speech, please, the link here where the announcement of the Bill was made: https://parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/d5a1d6f8-66ed-426d-8ef1-bffabddfae7c The King’s […]
27th July 2023 The following was received today from the Directorate in Safer & Greener Buildings, Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities : Hi, Today we have published the Code of Practice for the Remediation of Residential Buildings. I would like to thank you for your continued time and effort to help support the […]
20th July 2023A summary of the responses received to the consultation on commencement of section 156 of the UK Building Safety Act 2022 in Wales, has now been published.This can be accessed at the following link:Commencement of section 156 of the UK Building Safety Act 2022 in Wales | GOV.WALESIn Welsh – Gellir ei weld […]
House of Commons Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (LUHC) Committee Wednesday 29 March Car parking charges and use of parking apps – Levelling Up Committee writes to Government Ministers Clive Betts, Chair of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, has written to Transport and Levelling-Up Ministers on a series of car parking issues, including the Government’s […]
27th February 2023 Share Regulator to protect high-rise residents in England from unsafe building practices 12,500 buildings must be registered with the Building Safety Regulator New ‘Be Ready’ campaign calls on industry to prepare for the new safety regime Those responsible for the safety of high-rise residential buildings in England have six months from April […]
31 January 2023 Dear Members Please find below an email from the DLUHC along with a link also see here to the Secretary of State’s formal response to the FCA review. SIX WEEKS FOR DEVELOPERS TO SIGN CONTRACT REQUIRING THEM TO PAY TO FIX UNSAFE BUILDINGS Contract requires developers to fix buildings […]
24 January 2023 We wanted to let you know that yesterday the Government has laid the Higher-Risk Buildings (Key Building Information etc.) Regulations 2023 in Parliament. The regulations will be subject to the affirmative procedure, meaning they must be debated and approved by both Houses of Parliament before they can become law. A copy of […]
30 November 2022 LEASEHOLDERS IN MEDIUM-RISE BUILDINGS HELPED WITH CLADDING FIXES • Government-backed pilot scheme opens for buildings 11-18m high • Cladding repairs will be funded by Building Safety Levy on developers • Rollout to begin in 2023 and will be biggest Building Safety scheme Leaseholders and residents living in medium-rise buildings will get their […]
