Enfranchisement and lease extensions for shared owners

The Housing (Shared Ownership Leases) (Exclusion from Leasehold Reform Act 1967 and Rent Act 1977) (England) Regulations 2021 (SI 2021/212) (Regulations) were made on 1 March 2021 and came into force on 1 April 2021. The Regulations amend Schedule 4A of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (LRA 1967) and section 5A of the Rent Act 1977 (RA 1977) in England.

Schedule 4A of the LRA 1967 excludes certain housing association and other shared ownership leases from the right to enfranchise (purchase the freehold) or claim an extended lease under Part 1 of the LRA 1967. The LRA applies to houses, not flats.

Bidding opens for Homes England's Strategic Partnerships - deadline 18 May 2021

First launched in 2018, Homes England's Strategic Partnership model has enabled housing providers an alternative way to access grant funding by allowing partners to enter into a multi-year grant agreement to deliver affordable housing.

Collecting Staff Vaccination Data

As the lockdown restrictions begin to ease and employers are making plans for staff to return to the office, we have been contacted by a number of RP clients to ask whether or not it is lawful to collect information from staff about whether or not they have been vaccinated against Covd-19.

The issues raises a number of data protection questions which will need to be addressed before the information is collected in order to avoid complaints about the way in which staff data is used.

ASC Forbes shortlisted at the Northern Housing Awards

Great news – ASC Forbes, headed up by Darren Burton, has been shortlisted for Consultancy of the Year at the Northern Housing Awards which take place virtually on 13th May.

Click here to learn more about ASC Forbes.

Spotlight on...

Gemma Duxbury

Senior Associate, Governance, Procurement & Information

Qualifications

2:1 BA BsC in Law and Business Studies.

Three words that describe me

Loud, fun, kind.

Hobbies and Interests

Reading, going to the theatre, travelling, watching films and crime dramas/thrillers both fact and fiction.

Favourite Food and Drink

Chocolate, fruit cider, pasta, gin, pizza, curry, wine, Chinese food, puddings – everything that is bad for you!!

Funny Fact

I used to be a dancer and student dance teacher and I was on Jim Davidson’s Generation Game with my dad when I was 18!

As of 1 March we will centralising our post systems
Our new PO Box number is 686
and our DX is 17952
Please only use these numbers going forward.