Cut price advice

Out of the ashes

The final countdown

Last week the government placed a stick of dynamite under social landlords’ sustainability plans with a shock cut to the feed-in tariff. Nick Duxbury examines the fallout

Landlord reducing PV investment due to FIT cuts

Peabody is hacking back its multi-million investment in solar panels by half as a result of the government’s cuts to the feed-in tariff.

Construction special

Featuring our annual look at the progress of the top developing housing associations in England, alongside a host of other features and interviews

A growing concern

Missing contractual targets

Housing benefit caps could put landlords providing rent collection services at financial risk says, David Isaacson, director at Cobbetts

Personal shopper

Housing association Orbit’s in-house procurement team has found itself in demand as other social landlords seek its expertise. Jess McCabe finds out the secrets to its success

Sun block

New guidance issued to lenders will make rent-a-roof schemes much more complicated for landlords, warns Richard Brooks

Zero in on tax rules

Landlords can still use subsidiaries to receive VAT benefits but they must seek proper legal advice, say Richard Brooks and Victoria Jardine

A problem shared

Sharing views on retrofit with a group of landlords across Europe has been invaluable, says Richard Baines