HOUSING LAW NEWS & POLICY ISSUES

Prime Minister’s speech on making housing fairer
On 5 March 2018 the Prime Minister made a speech in East London on ‘the national housing crisis’. For the text of the speech, click here For a report on the speech in The Guardian, click here

Homeless people, hostile weather and StreetLink
On 28 February 2018 The Independent reported that ‘in just 24 hours, more than 3,600 alerts were made to StreetLink’, the service which allows users to connect people sleeping rough with local services. Of the 3,600 alerts received, 2,032 were sent about people sleeping on the streets of London. According to the report, as the hostile weather swept into the UK, more than 13,600 members of the public signed up to the StreetLink Community, both as users and supporters of the service. For the report, click here For a statement by the London Mayor, Sadiq Khan, about the response to StreetLink, click here

Homelessness and rough sleeping research
On 2 March 2018 the MHCLG published further information for individuals taking part in the homelessness and rough sleeping government research. The research will evaluate the effectiveness of rough sleeping interventions and provide estimates of the costs connected with homelessness. The document explains why the Ministry is doing this research, and what will happen to the information individuals provide as part of this study. It also explains individuals’ data protection rights. For detailed information, click here

Establishing the Regulator of Social Housing as a stand-alone body
In November 2016 the DCLG (as it was then) launched a consultation setting out the proposed legislative changes to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 to implement the separation of the social housing regulator to reflect the principles of better regulation, especially transparency and accountability. On 28 February 2018 a Legislative Reform Order to establish the Regulator of Social Housing as a stand-alone body was laid before Parliament. The Order is subject to the approval of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. For more details, click here

Future of the Grenfell Tower site
On 1 March 2018 the MHCLG announced that it had agreed with the local council and community a set of principles that will guide forthcoming consultations on the future of the Grenfell Tower site. This document sets out the leading role that the bereaved families, survivors and the immediate North Kensington community will play in this decision-making. For more details of the agreed principles, click here For the MHCLG announcement of the agreement, click here For the letter by the Secretary of State to the residents of Grenfell Tower explaining proposals for the Grenfell Tower site, click here

Mortgage and landlord possession claims – October to December 2017
In October to December 2017, there were 32,000 mortgage possession claims and 36,000 landlord possession claims. The overall trend in mortgage and landlord possession claims has been decreasing since a peak of 60,000 in January to March 2014. The last quarter saw no significant change compared with the same quarter last year. For the statistics, click here

Leaseholds: limitation of administration charges for costs of proceedings
On 27 February 2018 the MHCLG published guidance for leaseholders who are considering making an application for determination on a service charge bill, major works or a contract breach. The guidance relates to leasehold changes that gives courts and tribunals a discretionary power to prevent a landlord from recovering costs of legal proceedings as an administrative charge from the leaseholder. For the guidance, click here

Planning for the right homes in the right places – Government response to consultation
On 5 March 2018 the MHCLG published a summary of consultation responses and the government’s view on the way forward. The consultation paper explained a number of proposals and how they would operate. In brief, it set out the government’s ideas on: a standard method for calculating local authorities’ housing need; how neighbourhood planning groups can have greater certainty on the level of housing need to plan for; a statement of common ground to improve how local authorities work together to meet housing and other needs across boundaries; making the use of viability assessments simpler, quicker and more transparent; and increased planning application fees in areas where local authorities are delivering the homes their communities need. For the response document, click here

Government's housing priorities
On 5 March 2018 the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee held a one-off session with Minister of State for Housing Dominic Raab MP and Minister for Housing and Homelessness Heather Wheeler MP on the Ministry's housing priorities. To view the session on Parliament TV and for more details, click here

Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Rural Areas and Designated Regions) (England) Order 2018
This order, which comes into force on 27 March 2018, designates (a) the parishes listed in the Schedule to the Order as rural areas under section 157(1)(c) of the Housing Act 1985 (c. 68) (the Act); and (b) the districts of North Kesteven and Stroud as designated regions under section 157(3) of the Act in relation to dwelling-houses in the designated rural areas falling within those districts. This enables a local authority or housing association which sells a dwelling-house in a designated rural area under Part 5 of the Act (the right to buy) to impose a covenant requiring its consent to any further disposal unless that further disposal is an exempted disposal under section 160 of the Act. Under section 157(3) of the Act that consent cannot be withheld if the disposal is to a person who has throughout the preceding 3 years had their only or principal home or place of work in a designated region in which the designated rural area falls. Such a covenant may also be imposed in relation to a dwelling-house in a designated rural area that is sold voluntarily by a local authority under section 32 of the Act. For the 2018 Order, click here For the Housing Act 1985, click here

Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2018
These regulations bring into force various provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 2016. Housing law professionals should note in particular: reg 3(a) which brings into force section 133 of the Act which enables the Secretary of State to by regulations require a property agent to be member of an approved or designated client money protection scheme; reg 3(b) which brings into force section 134 of the Act which enables the Secretary of State to by regulations make provision about the approval or designation of client money protection schemes for the purposes of regulations under section 133 of the Act; and reg 3(c)which brings into force section 135 of the Act which enables the Secretary of State to by regulations make provision for the enforcement of a duty imposed by regulations under section 133 of the Act. All of the above provisions come into force on 19 March 2018. For the Commencement Order, click here For the 2016 Act, click here

Housing and Planning Act 2016 (Banning Order Offences) Regulations 2018
These regulations, which come into force on 6 April 2018,  specify banning order offences for the purposes of Part 2 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (the Act) which provides for the imposition of banning orders. Section 15 of the Act confers power on local housing authorities in England to apply to the First-tier Tribunal for a banning order against a person who has been convicted of a banning order offence. Section 16 confers power on the First-tier Tribunal to make a banning order against that person if that person was a residential landlord or property agent at the time the offence was committed. Section 14 defines “banning order” and “banning order offence” for the purposes of Part 2 of the Act (rogue landlords and property agents in England). Section 14(3) confers power on the Secretary of State to make regulations specifying the description of what constitutes a “banning order offence”. For the 2018 Regulations, click here For the 2016 Act, click here

Rough sleepers and anti-social behaviour – England
On 27 February 2018 the House of Commons Library published a briefing paper discussing the use of anti-social behaviour powers to ban activities often associated with rough sleeping, and concerns that an increase in the use of these powers is criminalising homelessness and is not addressing the root cause of the problem. For the briefing paper, click here

Empty homes – England
Empty Homes, the campaigning charity, has published the 2018 edition of Empty Homes in England. It analyses and explains the latest data available on empty homes in England. It also looks at why homes are empty, particularly in the longer term, and what can be done to make more use of existing properties to meet housing needs. The report notes that the number of long-term empty homes recorded by local authorities in October 2017 was 205,293.4. This is an increase of 5,148 from the 200,145 recorded in October 2016 (a 2.6% increase). This was the first reversal in the downward trend in the number of long-term empty homes since 2008. The charity’s analysis shows that when one allows for the increase in the number of homes recorded on the council tax valuation list over the year to October 2017 (up by 0.9%), the percentage of homes long-term empty as a proportion of dwellings is 0.85% (a slight increase from 0.84% in 2016). For the report, click here

Tenant fees in the private rented sector – Wales
On 27 February 2018 the Welsh Government noted that in response to its consultation on proposals to change the way fees are charged by letting agents, landlords and third parties to tenants in the private rented sector: 56% of all respondents agreed with an outright ban on unnecessary fees; tenants said that when fees are charged, on average, they are charged £249.47 to begin a tenancy, £108 to renew a tenancy and £142 at the end of a tenancy; 62% of tenants said that fees have affected their ability to move into a rented property, while 86% said that fees have affected their decision to use an agent; and 61% of landlords did not know what their tenants were charged by their agent. For the summary of responses, click here For the consultation document, click here

Social housing vacancies, lettings and arrears – Wales
On 1 March 2018 the Welsh Government published an annual report including information on the number of housing units that were empty (vacancies) at 31 March 2017. It covers the number of housing units rented to tenants (lettings) during 2016-17 and tenancies in rent arrears at 31 March 2017. At 31 March 2017, 4,057 social housing units were vacant, down by 7 per cent on 2015-16. It represented 1.8 per cent of all social housing stock compared with 1.9 per cent the previous year. The number of new lettings of social housing stock increased by 3 per cent to 22,836. The majority of these (63 per cent) were via housing waiting lists. A further 23 per cent were via transfers and exchanges and 15 per cent were priority lettings to homeless households. At 31 March 2017, there were 79,716 tenancies in arrears, accounting for 35 per cent of all social housing tenancies. Around 2 per cent of tenancies had been in rent arrears for 13 weeks or more. For the full statistics, click here

Housing providers and EU procurement rules
Anthony Collins Solicitors have noted in a recent Ebriefing that the ‘EU Commission has sent a formal notice to the Netherlands concerning Dutch housing corporations. The notice says that the failure of the Netherlands government to ensure that Dutch housing corporations follow the EU procurement rules is an infringement of those rules.’ Andrew Millross, the author, concludes: ‘[t]he fact that the Commission is taking this action now suggests that it is very unlikely that any exemption from the EU procurement rules could be secured for English registered providers or Welsh registered social landlords in the near future.’ For the Ebriefing, click here

Rural communities and affordable housing
Shelter and the Campaign to Protect Rural England have published a report focusing on the use of ‘viability assessments’ to undercut affordable housing requirements in rural areas. The report states that developers can use viability assessments to argue that building affordable homes could reduce their profits below competitive levels, which they define as around 20%. This gives them a legal right to cut their affordable housing quota. To access the executive summary and full report, click here For an article by Shelter about the research, click here

HOUSING LAWS IN THE PIPELINE

Local Housing Authority Debt Bill
This Bill, which had its first reading in the House of Lords on 4 July 2017, seeks to replace the current regime of limits on local housing authorities’ debt with limits determined by the existing prudential regime for local authority borrowing for non-housing-related purposes. The second reading is yet to be scheduled. For the Bill as introduced, click here To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation and Liability for Housing Standards) Bill
This is a Private Member’s Bill introduced in the House of Commons by Karen Buck. The Bill aims to amend the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 to require that residential rented accommodation is provided and maintained in a state of fitness for human habitation; to amend the Building Act 1984 to make provision about the liability for works on residential accommodation that do not comply with Building Regulations; and for connected purposes. The Bill received its second reading on 19 January 2018. It will begin its Committee stage on a date to be announced. On 14 January 2018 the government confirmed that it would support the Bill. For the Bill as introduced, click here For a House of Commons Library research briefing, click here To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Homeless People (Current Accounts) Bill
This is a Private Member’s Bill introduced in the House of Commons by Peter Bone. The Bill is intended to require banks to provide current accounts for homeless people seeking work; and for connected purposes. The Bill is being prepared for publication. The Bill received its first reading on 5 September 2017. The second reading is due to take place on 1 February 2019. To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Housing (Amendment) Scotland Bill
This Scottish government Bill aims to amend the law on the regulation of social landlords and to reduce the influence of local authorities over registered social landlords. It was introduced on 4 September 2017 and is at Stage 1 which is due to be completed by 30 March 2018. For the Bill as introduced, click here For a research briefing on the Bill, click here To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Sublet Property (Offences) Bill
This is a Private Member’s Bill introduced in the House of Commons by Christopher Chope. It is intended to make the breach of certain rules relating to sub-letting rented accommodation a criminal offence; to make provision for criminal sanctions in respect of unauthorised sub-letting; and for connected purposes. The Bill is being prepared for publication. The Bill received its first reading on 5 September 2017. The second reading has been postponed and is now due to take place on 6 July 2018. To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Mobile Homes and Park Homes Bill
This is a Private Member’s Bill introduced in the House of Commons, also by Christopher Chope. It is intended to require the use of published criteria to determine whether mobile homes and park homes are liable for council tax or non-domestic rates; to make provision in relation to the residential status of such homes; to amend the Mobile Home Acts; and for connected purposes. The Bill is being prepared for publication. The Bill received its first reading on 5 September 2017. The second reading has been postponed and is due to take place on 6 July 2018. To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Affordable Home Ownership Bill
This Bill was introduced to Parliament on Tuesday 24 October 2017, also by Christopher Chope, under the Ten Minute Rule and is a Private Member’s Bill. It was said by him to make provision for affordable home ownership; to require the inclusion of rent to buy homes in the definition of affordable housing; to make provision for a minimum proportion of new affordable housing to be available on affordable rent to buy terms; to provide relief from stamp duty when an affordable rent to buy home is purchased; and for connected purposes. The Bill itself has not yet been published. Its second reading has been postponed to 16 March 2018. To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Creditworthiness Assessment Bill
This Private Member’s Bill was introduced by Lord Buck and had its second reading in the House of Lords on 24 November 2017. The Bill would require certain matters (including rental payment history) to be taken into account when assessing a borrower’s creditworthiness. For the Bill as introduced, click here The Bill will have its Committee stage on a date to be announced. For progress of the Bill, click here

Regulation of Registered Social Landlords (Wales) Bill
The purpose of this Bill is to amend or remove those powers which are deemed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to demonstrate central and local government control over Registered Social Landlords (RSLs). These changes will enable the ONS to consider reclassifying RSLs as private sector organisations for the purpose of national accounts and other ONS economic statistics. A Stage 1 debate took place in Plenary on 13 February 2018. The motion to agree the general principles of the Bill was agreed. Stage 2 began on 14 February 2018. Stage 2 consideration will take place in Committee on 12 March 2018. For progress on the Bill, click here and scroll down.

Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill
This government Bill seeks to make provision about the granting of old-style secure tenancies in cases of domestic abuse. First reading took place on 19 December 2017. Second reading took place on 9 January 2018 when a wide-ranging discussion took place on issues including the impact of domestic abuse and housing insecurity. The Bill was considered in committee on 24 January 2018 and was reported without amendment. The report stage commenced on 6 March 2018. For the Bill as introduced, click here For a note of impacts, click here For a House of Lords Library Briefing prepared in advance of the second reading, click here To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Private Landlords (Registration) Bill
This Bill was introduced to Parliament on 17 January 2018 under the Ten Minute Rule. The Bill seeks to require all private landlords in England to be registered. It is due to receive a second reading on 27 April 2018. The Bill is being prepared for publication. To read the debate on introduction of the Bill, click here To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Leasehold Reform Bill
This Bill, introduced to Parliament on 7 November 2017 under the Ten Minute Rule and sponsored by Justin Madders, makes provision about the regulation of the purchase of freehold by leaseholders; to introduce a system for establishing the maximum charge for such freehold; to make provision about the award of legal costs in leasehold property tribunal cases; and to establish a compensation scheme for cases where misleading particulars have led to certain leasehold agreements. It is scheduled to receive a second reading on 26 October 2018. The Bill is being prepared for publication. To follow progress of the Bill, click here

Homelessness (End of Life Care) Bill
This Bill, sponsored by Sir Edward Davey, was introduced to Parliament on 7 February 2018 under the Ten Minute Rule. It makes provision about end of life care and support for homeless people with terminal illnesses, including through the provision of housing for such people. It is scheduled to receive a second reading on 16 March 2018. The Bill itself is being prepared for publication. To follow progress of the Bill, click here

HOUSING LAW CONSULTATIONS

The government has launched a consultation on supporting housing delivery through developer contributions. See below.

Draft Order extending coverage of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 to Registered Social Landlords
Following previous consultation on extending coverage of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) to Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) the Scottish Government is now consulting on the terms of a draft order. The draft order proposes to designate RSLs (and RSL subsidiaries) in so far as they undertake functions for which they are already subject to regulation and oversight by the Scottish Housing Regulator. Views are sought on the terms of the order designating RSLs as public authorities for the purposes of FOISA. The consultation will close on 7 March 2018. For the consultation document, click here To respond to the consultation, click here

Domestic Private Rented Sector minimum level of energy efficiency
The government is seeking views on its proposal to amend the domestic Minimum Level of Energy Efficiency Regulations to introduce a capped landlord financial contribution element. This proposal is designed to ‘future-proof’ the regulations and make them as effective as possible, while protecting landlords against excessive cost burdens. With a cost-cap, domestic landlords would only need to see investment in improvements to an EPC F or G rated property up to the value of that cap. The government’s preferred cap level is £2,500 per property. A range of additional, alternative, cap options are set out in the consultation and the associated consultation impact assessment. The consultation is intended for all interested parties including landlords and tenants, local government, energy suppliers, energy assessors, small and large businesses, consumers, and the general public. The consultation will close on 13 March 2018. For the consultation documents, click here

Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 – Regulations relating to safeguarding property in abandoned dwellings
The purpose of the regulations is to ensure a contract holder’s personal property is dealt with appropriately by a landlord. The Welsh Government is consulting on: the content of the regulations, including the specific requirements to be placed on landlords; the draft guidance on the regulations; and the draft guidance on section 220 of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 (abandonment). The consultation closes on 6 April 2018. For the consultation document, click here For details of how to respond, click here

Strengthening consumer redress in housing
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has published a consultation seeking views on improving redress in the housing sector, including exploring the option of a single housing ombudsman. It covers the following issues: the current complaints and redress landscape, how it is working and if more can be done to improve it; what standards and services should be expected of a redress scheme/an ombudsman; how to fill the existing gaps between current services; and whether a single ombudsman service is needed to simplify access to redress across housing, and if so, what form that should take and what its remit should be. The consultation closes on 16 April 2018. For the consultation document, click here

Electrical safety in the private rented sector
The Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government has published a consultation seeking views and comments on the recommendations made by the Private Rented Sector Electrical Safety Working Group. The working group has recommended introducing five-yearly mandatory electrical installation checks for private rented property and that other safety measures be encouraged as good practice and set out in guidance. The consultation invites views and comments to gather additional evidence on the recommendations made by the working group. Any legislation brought forward as a result of this consultation will be subject to appropriate assessment. The consultation closes on 16 April 2018. For the consultation document, click here

Commonhold – Law Commission’s call for evidence
On 22 February 2018 the Law Commission called upon flat owners, housebuilders, mortgage lenders and lawyers to give their views on ‘a little-known and little used home ownership status’ called commonhold, which provides an alternative to residential leasehold. Commonhold was introduced in 2004 (when a law passed in 2002 came into force) as a new way to own property. It allows a person to own a freehold ‘unit’ – for example, a flat within a building – and at the same time be a member of the company which manages the shared areas and buildings. Commonhold, according to the Law Commission, has a number of potential advantages over leasehold. These are: ownership doesn’t run out – unlike leases which expire and can be costly to extend; standard rules and regulations apply – which should make conveyancing simpler and cheaper; and owners have a stake in the wider building and do not have a landlord – instead, owners run the shared areas together. Despite these advantages fewer than 20 commonhold developments have been created. The Law Commission project will look at why commonhold has failed to gain popularity, and what changes can be made to the current law to make it an attractive and workable alternative to residential leasehold. The consultation closes on 19 April 2018. For more details, click here

Supporting housing delivery through developer contributions
Following the announcements at Autumn Budget 2017, the government is seeking views on a series of reforms to the existing system of developer contributions in the short term. These reforms will benefit the local authorities who administer them, developers who pay them and the communities in which development takes place. The consultation closes on 10 May 2018. For more details, click here

HOUSING LAW ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS

Women’s Hidden Homelessness Margaret Williams Homeless Link 27 February 2018. To read this article, click here

Homelessness Reduction: time to get your Act together Deborah Garvie Shelter Blog 27 February 2018. To read this article, click here

The right to rent and local authorities’ duties Alice Richardson Local Government Lawyer 2 March 2018. To read this article, click here

Villages are unviable without affordable homes Rose Grayston Shelter Blog 3 March 2018. To read this article, click here

Housing: why we need more than numbers Susan Emmett Policy Exchange 5 March 2018. To read this article, click here

Councils still without extra powers to crack down on empty homes Anushka Asthana and Peter Walker Guardian 5 March. To read this article, click here

Supported housing round-up Paula Reid Homeless Link 5 March 2018. To read this article, click here

The 0% city: how Manchester developers dodge affordable housing Helen Pidd and Charlie Cocksedge Guardian 6 March 2018. To read this article, click here

Housing: Recent Developments Jan Luba QC & Nic Madge Legal Action March 2018 (subscription required). To read this article, click here

Housing repairs: update John Beckley Legal Action March 2018 (subscription required). To read this article, click here

HOUSING LAW DIARY

7 March 2018                           
Consultation closes on draft order extending coverage of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 to Registered Social Landlords (see Housing Law Consultations)

10 March 2018                         
Commencement of section 47(3) of and Sch 9 para 7 to Housing and Planning Act 2016 (relating to rent repayment orders)

12 March 2018                         
Stage 2 consideration scheduled for Regulation of Registered Social Landlords (Wales) Bill (see Housing Laws in the Pipeline)

13 March 2018                         
Consultation closes on Domestic Private Rented Sector minimum level of energy efficiency (see Housing Law Consultations)

16 March 2018                         
Second reading scheduled for Affordable Home Ownership Bill (see Housing Laws in the
Pipeline)

16 March 2018                         
Second reading scheduled for Homelessness (End of Life Care) Bill (see Housing Laws in the Pipeline)

19 March 2018                         
Commencement of sections 133 to 135 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 relating to client money protection schemes (see Housing Law News & Policy Issues)

27 March 2018                         
Commencement of Housing (Right to Buy) (Designated Rural Areas and Designated Regions) (England) Order 2018 (see Housing Law News & Policy Issues)

3 April 2018                              
Commencement of Homeless Reduction Act 2017 and code of guidance

6 April 2018                             
Commencement of specific provisions of Housing and Planning Act 2016 (as to which
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