Get to know your legal advisor – Jess Lewis
In this series, we introduce some of the people that make up Stephens Scown. We…
August 27, 2024 By Stephens Scown
How could the new Labour government impact the housing emergency?
There is a housing emergency, there are approximately 8.5 million people in England who are…
August 15, 2024 By Ellie Parnell
Get to know your legal advisor – Anna Foster
In this series, we introduce some of the people that make up Stephens Scown. We…
August 13, 2024 By Stephens Scown
Changes to Social Housing Consumer Standards – A Quick Guide
Registered Providers (RPs) face changes in their legal obligations with the introduction of the new…
May 16, 2024 By Eliot Quevedo
Get to know your legal advisor – Kate Westlake
In this series, we introduce some of the people that make up Stephens Scown. We…
March 25, 2024 By Stephens Scown
Right to Shared Ownership
The Right to Shared Ownership Scheme has been introduced to offer an alternative path into…
February 27, 2024 By Tim Walmsley
Shared ownership and building safety – recent changes
Recent changes to the Homes England Capital Funding Guide (CFG) clarify and improve options for…
January 11, 2024 By Jess Lewis
Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023
The Social Housing (Regulation) Act is intended to proactively encourage the regulation of Registered Providers…
November 8, 2023 By Jess Lewis
Home Loss Payment – making a claim for displaced tenants
The Home Loss Payment scheme provides a useful mechanism for tenants displaced from their affordable…
August 17, 2023 By Eliot Quevedo
Is your property fit for habitation? New Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act comes into force March 2019
The new Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 amends the Landlord and Tenant Act…
May 31, 2023 By Helen Thomas
The Defective Premises Act – who can make a claim?
If you are the owner or leaseholder of a property which has defects rendering it…
March 7, 2023 By Jim Gorrod
Ground Rent – what are the new rules?
The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 will come into force this year having received…
September 12, 2022 By Kate Westlake