This session will focus on the Renters’ Rights Bill and its impact on social housing providers. We’ll cover all the key changes the reforms will have on the sector, from the abolition of section 21, new grounds for possession through to changes to rent increase procedures, this session will bring you right up to date…
Join Katrina Robinson MBE, Victoria Smith and Andrew Lane This session will focus on tackling tenancy fraud in Wales. Katrina Robinson MBE, Chair of the Tenancy Fraud Forum, Co-Chair of the Social Housing Law Association (SHLA) and Legal Director at Birketts LLP, will begin by taking you through the investigation stage. Katrina will also be highlighting…
SHLA Midlands Region are pleased to invite you to join them for an in-person event on Costs Issues In Housing Conditions Claims. Total Housing Solutions is the trusted legal costs partner of social housing providers. Headed by Alex Bagnall, who has over a decade of experience advising social landlords and their solicitors, they offer support…
VIRTUAL EVENT October 2025 sees the implementation of Awaab’s Law for social landlord, introducing strict time limits to response to reports of hazards in tenanted properties. This webinar looks at the background to the new regulations and the draft guidance, the requirements on social landlords and what social housing providers should be considering now in…
VIRTUAL EVENT This webinar explores the key tools and approaches available to social landlords dealing with anti-social behaviour involving children. We'll cover legal powers, early intervention strategies, and partnership working to help you respond effectively and appropriately to youth-related ASB. This session will include a Q&A for attendee questions. Speakers: Emily Hope, Senior Associate, Clarke…
VIRTUAL EVENT The Renters’ Rights Bill has entered the final stages of its passage through Parliament. It should soon receive Royal Assent. The intention behind the RRB is to change the balance of power between landlords and tenants, giving greater rights to the latter. These reforms are to be achieved in part by amendments to…
VIRTUAL EVENT The Renters’ Rights Bill is in its final stages and will soon receive royal assent. It will introduce many important and headline reforms, not least the ending of fixed-term tenancies in the private rented sector, including private registered providers of social housing (PRPs), and the abolition of the section 21 notice requiring possession.…
VIRTUAL EVENT Housing allocation fraud is not only a criminal offence but more commonly the basis for civil possession proceedings brought by social landlords under Grounds 5 (secure tenancies) or 17 (assured tenancies) of the Housing Acts of 1985 and 1988 respectively. This session will discuss and explain appropriate investigation and evidential issues alongside the…
Looking at mental capacity in housing cases including litigation capacity, injunction capacity, the CPR; who has power to do what on behalf of persons lacking capacity. Puja Desai An associate solicitor, Puja specialises in a wide range of aspects relating to the Court of Protection and Mental Capacity Act 2005. Many of her clients lack…
The Housing Ombudsman Service (“HO”) was first established by the Housing Act 1996. The powers of the HO were increased by the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023. The current 2024 HO Scheme was made under the SH(R)A 2025 and replaced the previous Scheme. In this Webinar Imran Mustak (of L&Q ) and Nick Grundy KC…
The relief duty was introduced to local authorities' homelessness duties in 2017 by the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017. It is a duty to take reasonable steps to help secure that suitable accommodation becomes available for an applicant's occupation for at least six months. The duty applies in respect of all persons who are homeless and…
SHLA Midlands Region are pleased to invite you to join them for an in-person event on Housing Mediation Protocol. We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming event on the 19th of November, which will be hosted at the offices of Anthony Collins in Birmingham. This event will feature Tom Russell, Mediator at St…