Social Housing Newsletter

Winter 2012 edition

I am pleased to announce that the Clarke Willmott Social Housing team continues to expand with two new appointments to the team.

Amy Gibbs joins Jonathan Hulley’s housing management team. Amy is a well known name in housing circles and joins us having worked at Devonshires for some years.

Elinor Davis joins Chimi Shakohoxha’s development team. Elinor is an experienced development professional having worked in the sector at both Bevan Brittan and Coffin Mew working on development agreements/joint ventures, golden brick schemes as well as major regeneration projects. Elinor is also very experienced in Commercial Property leases for the sector and has worked on stock rationalisation and charging exercises.

Events for the autumn:

• Equality and Diversity in Housing, 19 November in our Bristol office. Co-hosted with the HCA and National Housing Federation.
• Employment Law ‘Essential Update’ Breakfast Seminar,
  20 November in our Bristol office.
• Tim Ryan, Head of Commercial is speaking at the
  National Housing Federation IT Conference in London on 21 November.
• Bristol Annual Planning Law & Policy Conference 2012,
  22 November at the Bristol City Centre Marriott.
• Rural Housing: The Challenges & Opportunities for Landowners, 22 November at Muddifords Court Country House. The day will see a number of key speakers including our own Chairman, Tim Walker, who will be speaking on the key legal issues to be addressed with any rural housing development.

Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year from the team.

Anne Hayward,
Partner & Head of Social Housing

In this edition:

• Recent Case Law - Proportionality
• Embracing social values in contracts with external providers
• The Green Deal: What does it mean for Registered Providers (RPs)?
• Retrofitting solar panels - the issues

Housing and Asset Management Newsletter Autumn 2012

This edition includes an article on the new Regulatory Framework for social housing in England 2012, news on new legislation that makes squatting in residential premises a criminal offence, an article on the White Paper containing proposals to reform the legal powers which police, local authorities and housing associations have to tackle anti-social behaviour and articles on Welfare Reform and new proposals to crack down on unauthorised subletting.

The Team continues to assist our clients in successfully tackling anti-social behaviour and other breaches of tenancy agreements, including unauthorised subletting and so we have included a number of articles on cases successfully progressed to trial as well as some useful tips on how to ensure you secure possession and injunction orders at the earliest opportunity.

We also welcome Amy Gibbs to our growing Team. Amy is an outstanding housing litigator who is known for the meticulous preparation of her cases and joins as a solicitor based in our Southampton office. I am sure that Amy will be a hit with our clients.

Why not contact our Free Advice Helpline or email address?

We operate a free Housing and Asset management Helpline and email address. If you wish to gain instant access to our lawyers throughout the business day and are looking for practical advice and a quick response to an immediate problem, why not call us on 0845 209 1599 – Monday to Friday 9.00 am or 5:00 pm? Alternatively, if you would like a quick written response to an immediate problem, why not email your query to housing.management@clarkewillmott.com?

In this edition...

The Regulatory Framework for Social Housing in England from April 2012: Where are we now?

Squatting becomes a criminal offence

Successfully tackling anti-social behaviour - the governments latest proposals

Successfully tackling anti-social behaviour using the right tools in the tool box

A troublesome tenant is evicted

Subletting tenant is evicted

Welfare - reform what are the key points

Successful possession proceedings near the olympic village

Criminalising the subletting of social housing

View previous newsletters below...

Spring 2012

• Regulatory Update

• Restrictive covenants - options available

• The Community Infrastructure Levy: what does it mean for social housing?

• Employee engagement

Christmas 2011

• A Housing Strategy for England: Laying the Foundations for Social and Affordable Housing Reform

• Affordable Rent and Fixed Term Tenancy Agreements - Where Are We Now?

• Localism Act – What’s In Store for Social Housing?

• Social Housing and Social Media

• Managing the Google Generation – Social Media from a Human Resources Point of View

• Your Stamp Duty Land Tax Questions Answered

• Case Study

Housing and Asset Management Newsletter - September 2011

• Succesfully tackling anti-social behaviour

• Starter Tenancy stands-up to "Pinnock" Defence

• Agreeing an outright Possession Order - a success story

• Residential leases, service charges and recovering professional fees

• Are you ready to be transparent?

• Anti-social Behaviour Update - different proposed Tools for the "ASB" Tool Box

• Criminal Behaviour Order

• Crime Prevention Injunction

• Community Protection Order (Level 1)

• Community Protection Order (Level 2)

• The Community Trigger

• Disrepair Update - do not ignore defective plaster work

• Affordable Rent - where are we now?

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