UKAA Roundtable â raising awareness around EWS1 forms for high rise residential buildings Mary-Anne Bowring, managing director at Ringley Group  On Thursday 23rd January Mary-Anne Bowring, managing director at Ringley Group, hosted the UKAA Roundtable on the Hackitt Review, which was introduced following the Grenfell Tower tragedy that saw the deaths of at […]
Ask the FPRA Webinar July 1st 2020 – Survey
Posted onAsk the FPRA Webinar July 1st 2020 â Survey   2nd July 2020 Dear Member, Thank you for joining us for our first ever membersâ only Webinar which we intend will be the first of many covering a variety of topics of interest to our members. To help us offer the best possible content […]
Committee challenges Government to end cladding nightmare
Posted on12 June 2020 Ahead of the third anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire there are still 2,000 high risk residential buildings with some form of dangerous cladding. Report: Cladding: progress of remediation Inquiry: Cladding: progress on remediation Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee The consequences for home owners have been devastating, with properties becoming unmortgageable […]
Ban on evictions extended by 2 months to further protect renters
Posted onSent on behalf of John Hall, Director, Homelessness, Leasehold and Private Rented Sector, MHCLG Dear colleague, I hope you are keeping well during the current time. I have recently taken over as the new Director covering the Private Rented Sector policy portfolio in MHCLG and I wanted to first introduce myself. I look forward to […]
New IRPM white paper: how digitisation is impacting our residential buildings
Posted on New IRPM white paper: how digitisation is impacting our residential buildings Like all UK industries, property is impacted by COVID-19 and the effect of the lockdown on the way it works. But despite this ânew normalâ, we cannot ignore our sectorâs other key issues. The use of building technology is changing the way we live. […]
Evidence session with resident action groups and Lord Greenhalgh on dangerous cladding
Posted onFrom: âHousing, Communities and Local Government Committeeâ <hclgcom@parliament.uk> Date: 15 May 2020 at 09:58:33 BST To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: HCLG Committee: Evidence session on 18 May Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee For immediate release  Evidence session with resident action groups and Lord Greenhalgh on dangerous cladding Monday 18 May, 2.30pm Watch the session live […]
Remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on residential buildings
Posted onNeil OâConnor CBE Director, Building Safety Programme Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 4th Floor, Fry Building 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF Tel: 0303 444 1367 www.gov.uk/mhclg 6th April 2020 Remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on residential buildings The country is facing an unprecedented challenge due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. During […]
Coronavirus News Page
Posted on Last Update: 07 February 2022 With the impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic, there has been a lot of information becoming available from several sources. In addition to regular updates from government organisations, the FPRA Office had initially received useful advice from members of the Committee and Honorary Consultants, normally only made available to their […]
Update: Guidance available for landlords and renters reflecting the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
Posted onFrom: Anne Frost <Anne.Frost@communities.gov.uk> Sent: 28 March 2020 09:24 To: undisclosed-recipients: Subject: Update: Guidance available for landlords and renters reflecting the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak Dear colleagues, I am conscious that this will be a difficult time for you and the groups you represent and would like to take this opportunity to thank you for […]
HCLG Committee: Cladding: progress on remediation inquiry – Survey
Posted onHousing, Communities and Local Government Committee For immediate release 13 March 2020 HCLG Committee invites residentsâ experiences of cladding scandal The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has launched a survey to understand the extent of dangerous cladding remaining and other fire safety defects on residential buildings, and the impact this has had on residents […]