The difference between types of residential tenancies depends on when the tenancy was granted and the legislation in force at that time. There are four main types of...
Affordable housing is housing provided to those who are struggling with their housing costs and whose housing needs are not met by the market. Affordable housing can take...
An arms length management organisation (ALMO) is a not-for-profit company that provides housing services on behalf of a local housing authority (LHA). Usually an ALMO is...
Assignment Assignment is the transfer of the interest in the tenancy to another person. Assignment of a secure periodic tenancy is prohibited except in three situations:...
A charity may be involved in a construction project: • to fulfil its charitable objectives (eg the construction of social housing) • to provide office or other...
Any lawful subtenant may acquire the freehold or an extended lease of a house under Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (LRA 1967), Sch 1, regardless of the number of intermediate...
The Approval of Code of Management Practice (Residential Management) (Service Charges) (England) Order 2016, SI 2016/518 approves the Service Charge Residential...
The right provided by the Leasehold Reform Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (LRHUDA 1993) is for the enforced sale of the freehold of the building, to the nominee...
Subject to various qualifying criteria, tenants who hold long leases of flats have a collective right under section 1 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban...
This Practice Note is about the VAT issues that arise in commercial developments. It first considers a straightforward unproblematic scenario, and then looks at: •...
Where a certificate is required to ascertain the service charge then it has been held in Urban Splash Work Ltd v Ridgway and another [2018] UKUT 32 (LC) that there is no...
Repair and improvements A tenant will not generally be expected to pay for the landlord to upgrade or improve its property as opposed to repairing it. The length of a...
The court may imply an obligation on the landlord to provide certain services in the absence of an express covenant to do so. Where a landlord takes the benefit of a...
Why is structuring a mixed use scheme important? Mixed use developments are schemes which comprise one or more buildings used for commercial, retail and/or industrial use...
Considerations for developers Check whether the LPA has adopted a charging schedule for CIL CIL is only payable where the relevant LPA has adopted a charging schedule,...
Context Community Infrastructure Levy The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a development charge which local planning authorities, designated as charging authorities...
