The net is closing in

Guess who?

It might be unclear what the regulator’s boss Claer Lloyd-Jones’s title is, but as Martin Hilditch finds out, we finally have some indication of what the Tenant Services Authority has been up to in the past year.

Getting up to speed

Housing legal advice service closes

The UK’s largest not-for-profit provider of debt, housing employment and care legal advice has gone bust.

KHT: ‘We have cut through red tape’

‘It was about removing red tape and the regulatory burden. We were finding that everything we wanted to do which was different or new we were having to wrap up in regulation. The number of hoops we needed to jump through was holding us back,’ says Bob Taylor, chief executive of Knowsley Housing Trust in Merseyside.

DWP criticised for ignoring localism drive

MPs have criticised the Department for Work and Pensions for ignoring the government’s localism policy when developing its benefit reforms.

New rules

The Charities Act 2006 will affect landlords registered as Industrial and Provident Societies, says Elizabeth Davis

Fairytale ending?

As the third sector’s Cinderella services struggle in the face of cuts social landlords have the opportunity to ride in like the proverbial prince and rescue them.

Pause for thought

Consider the drawbacks before becoming a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, warns Anne Swarbrick, head of charities at Anderson Strathern Solicitors

Nest egg necessities

Social landlords have just a year to prepare for pension reforms. Chris Crichton, solicitor at TLT Solicitors, explains more

Branch out via Europe

Social landlords creating companies to run extra services must still note EU procurement rules, says Rebecca Rees, partner at Trowers & Hamlins