Complaints to the Housing Ombudsman from leaseholders and shared owners     The Housing Ombudsman has published a report from their handling of almost 2,000 complaints from leaseholders and shared owners over the last two years.( www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk/2020/09/07/new-report-focuses-on-leaseholders-and-shared-owners ) [...]

This cross -party Committee report makes important critical recommendations on the Government’s approach to implementing Dame Judith Hackitt’s report following the Grenfell Tower Fire on 17 June 2017.The Bill seeks to establish the Building Safety Regulator to oversee a rigorous new regulatory regime for the design, construction and [...]

  Reform of the private rented sector: the consumer view A Which Policy Report July 2018 5b880ec747bc1-reform-of-the-private-rented-sector-the-consumer-view-1 This major report by Which? into the private rented sector has only recently come across my desk. The current lockdown and the implications for private tenants will impose [...]

Leaseholders, Fire safety problems and the Conservatives     On 14 June 2017, a preventable fire broke out at the Grenfell Tower block. 72 people tragically lost their lives. The aftermath has exposed the appalling scandal of the country’s fire safety system. In  October 2019 the  Inquiry Chairman issued  his Phase 1 report [...]

    The link to the official answer to my question to the London Mayor in August 2019 is https://www.london.gov.uk/questions/2019/17589. The reply was received on 29 April 2020 Legal Notices to Owners of High-Rise Flats Question No: 2019/17589 Tom Copley Please list the number of outstanding legal notices with their full [...]