The Grenfell Fire Tragedy and the Campaign to improve Fire Safety   It is now clear that this country is facing a major problem of fire safety standards in residential properties which the Government is failing to tackle effectively. Stage 2 of the Grenfell Inquiry heard recently that the company that made the insulation [...]

Winning elections, leasehold reform, and the Co-op Party   The Co-op party should fully support leasehold reform to expand the number of housing properties that are collectively owned in this country and to reap political support from over 4.5 million leaseholders in England, if Labour is ever to win another general election.   [...]

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 [...]