[level-member] Minor Wording Changes to Ground Rent & Summaries of Rights and Obligations for Service Charges and Administration Charges Notices The DCLG informs us that from 1st July some minor changes to the above notices are required, due to the First Tier Tribunal coming into to effect. They have provided this link for details, and […]
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Are you a residents’ association belonging to Engage Liverpool?
Posted onEngage Liverpool represents leaseholder interests in Liverpool and is now a Federation of Private Residentsā AssociationĀ partner organisation. Residentsā Associations belonging to Engage Liverpool can join the FPRA without the cost of the Joining Fee.
Unfair Insurance Commissions
Posted on[level-member] Unfair Insurance Commissions: FPRA challenges the newly formed Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to take seriously the widepread problem of freeholders/agents loading up insurance commissions atĀ leaseholdersā expense. Ā Read Insurance Commissions Letter-to-FCA-17.4.13 [/level-member]
New provisions to the Mental Health Discrimination Act
Posted on[level-member] From 28th April 2013 RTM directors cannot be dismissed on the ground of Mental Health New provisions to the Mental Health Discrimination Act received Royal Assent on 28 February 2013 which affect an RTM (Right to Manage) Company being set up under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, and amends the associated Articles […]
FPRA writes to new Housing Minister Mark Prisk
Posted on[level-member] FPRA writes to new Housing Minister Mark Prisk urging him to seriously consider problems faced by leaseholders. Read Mark Prisk letter 16.1 Ā Read Te Ministerās brief reply 28.02 Ā [/level-member]
Supreme Court Judgement Creates Further Section20 Uncertainty
Posted onSection 20 as we know it has taken another legal knock, this time at the Supreme Court in the case of Daejan Investments v Benson. Broadly, the Supreme Court has ruled that technical irregularities with the bureaucracy of Section 20 compliance, are not grounds for leaseholders to restrict their contribution for major works to the […]
Section 20 Consultation Process Thrown into Chaos due to Court Ruling
Posted onJust before Christmas a High Court judge appears to have ruled that the Ā£250 limit per flat for spending on repairs and maintenance without having to consult with leaseholders, applies to the collective yearās total. Until this ruling, it was understood that the Ā£250 applied to a particular set of works. The impact of the […]
Baroness Gardner of Parkes Speach
Posted on[level-member] Read the speech given at the AGM on 8 November 2012 by Baroness Gardner of Parkes Read the keynotes speech here. [/level-member]
Labour MP Jim Fitzpatrick – Leasehold Activism
Posted on[level-member] Another politician takes up leasehold activism ā Labour MP Jim Fitzpatrick Read the debate here (his comments on private leasehold start about half way down) [/level-member]
FPRA Submits Evidence About Leasehold Problems
Posted onFPRA submits evidence about leasehold problems to the newly appointed Housing Minister Mark Prisk. Read here.