[level-member] The Institute of Chartered Accountants, via an outfit callled the UITF, sought to determine whether RMCs/RTMs act as principle or agent in transactions with third parties. This has implications for how a management company’s accounts are compiled. Further information from the Whitley Stimpson Factsheet FPRA response is available here Published 10 May 2012, closed […]

[level-member] The LA sought ‘ to understand the nature of service charges in London, how they are calculated, charged and administered by landlords, and paid for by leaseholders’. Details are available here The FPRA has submitted information based on its main campaigning topics. [/level-member]

[level-member] Another Fire Risk consultation. This time a non-government consultation (Fire Risk Assessment Competency Council) on what makes someone competent to carry out a fire risk assessment in non-domestic premises, which includes blocks of flats. Fire Risk Assessment Competency Document [/level-member]

[level-member] The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) commissioned a review of the most effective policies to deal with fuel poverty. Professor John Hill conducted the review. Details are available here The FPRA met with the DECC to explain the implications for leaseholders. [/level-member]

[level-member] View the relevant documents A Department of Energy & Climate Change consultation 15.12.10 The FPRA response here 14.01.11 DECC’s response to the consultation 28.2.11 [/level-member]

[level-member] An important Consultation to improve the currently confusing fire risk assessment process for the common parts of blocks of flats, by the Department for Communities and Local Government. The existing fire risk assessment procedures and guidelines are clearly a cause for concern for members and the ‘responsible person’ for managing the fire risk in […]

[level-member] Office of Fair Trading (OFT) Off-grid Energy Market Study and the impact on long-leaseholders Details here are available here. The FPRA response can be view here. [/level-member]

[level-member] The consultation related to whether blocks of flats are treated as residential or commercial properties, which can impact on other factors such disconnection procedures. The OFGEM open letter can be viewed here  The FPRA’s submission can be viewed here [/level-member]

[level-member] The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) consultation on ‘issues that have arisen in relation to the implementation of the Right to Enfranchise (RTE) provisions in the 2002 Act’. View here Details of the consultation The FPRA’s response DCLG issued a Summary of Response on 31 March 2010.   [/level-member]