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Abolishing
#leasehold
won’t reduce maintenance costs or resolve
#BuildingSafety
issues. It will only make residents responsible for remediation and liable for building maintenance; vital that leaseholders fully understand the consequences of abolition.
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Mick Platt, Director of the RFA, responds to
@twocitiesnickie
's claim that homeowners must be "unshackled” from the “tyranny” of leasehold.
Removing
#leasehold
will not reduce service charges, it will only make residents liable for complex issues.
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New polling commissioned by the RFA shows only 18% of people feel comfortable taking on the legal and financial obligations for managing a building.
Find out more on our polling here👇
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Today the RFA's Mick Platt was quoted in
@PropIndEye
, welcoming the Government's new pilot scheme for unsafe medium-rise buildings, while arguing the Government must acknowledge its part in the regulatory failure that led to the building safety crisis.
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In
@BENewsUK
, Mick Platt argues government must undertake wide-reaching consultation to understand the impact of
#leasehold
reform & provide information on the obligations residents would comply with under a commonhold system.
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A number of leasehold abolitionists seem to be using the building safety crisis to justify their arguments for ending leasehold. There is no evidence that the problems we are facing are caused by this type of tenure. (1/4)
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This week the RFA hosted a successful
#buildingsafety
roundtable to discuss remediation progress, the issues on the ground and potential solutions that will ensure
#leaseholders
are made safe as quickly as possible.
(1/2)
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The RFA has responded to recent calls for the Labour Party to introduce legislation to abolish the leasehold system within its first 100 days of government.
Read the full piece below 👇
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The RFA has responded to reports suggesting the Government plans to introduce a cap on ground rents.
Read the full statement below 👇
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The RFA’s Mick Platt has responded to reports that a future leasehold reform bill from the Government could include proposals such as capping ground rents at 0.1% of the freehold value.
Read the statement below 👇
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The RFA’s Mick Platt has written for
@PropertyWeek
arguing that the UK Government must learn from the problems in Scotland, when pursuing its leasehold reform agenda.
You can read the full piece here:
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Freeholders and leaseholders must ensure that those responsible for this crisis pay. The debate on leasehold should be held in a separate forum, as it does no good to those caught up in the building safety crisis. (4/4)
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We agree – the Government must do more on the
#buildingsafety
crisis, and re-adopt a ‘polluter pays’ policy, focusing on making developers and cladding manufacturers pay for a crisis they created, rather than pinning liability on innocent groups.
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Professional freeholders purchased buildings on the same terms as leaseholders and looked after them in good faith. There is therefore no evidence that the building safety crisis would have been alleviated if these buildings had been under any other form of tenure. (3/4)
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As the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has shown, the building safety crisis was caused by failures in the regulatory regime allowing those that profit from the building of high-rise developments to build thousands of sub-standard buildings that are not safe. (2/4)
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The RFA is clear that
#leaseholders
should not be expected to pay under any circumstances – it is entirely unfair that they should be blamed for a failure of building regulation.
#ResidentialFreeholdAssociation
(2/2)
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The RFA spoke at the Leasehold & Commonhold APPG in Parliament yesterday, alongside Housing Minister
@redditchrachel
& others. Discussion between a wide range of stakeholders remains vital to ensuring any reforms to the leasehold system are proportionate, realistic & achievable.
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The Government has previously put forward feasible solutions to resolve the
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
, arguing that those responsible should pay – namely, developers and manufacturers. (1/3)
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🚨 If you are the Principal Accountable Person for a building over 18m or 7 storeys, there is one month left to register your building with
@H_S_E
's Building Safety Regulator. The deadline is 30th Sept and applications for registration can be done here:
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These revelations raise serious questions about the Govt's approach to building safety. We have consistently highlighted numerous flaws in the current regime, which passes responsibility onto innocent parties & creates unnecessary delays to remediation.
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The RFA wants to make buildings safe as quickly as possible, and is determined to tackle the ongoing cladding crisis which has plagued the country since the Grenfell Tower tragedy. (1/5)
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By assigning liability for remediation payments to building owners without any recognition of their ability to pay, the Building Safety Act will inevitably cause some building owners to become insolvent, forcing liability for remediation back onto leaseholders. (1/2)
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This would occur alongside a ‘safety-first’ approach, where buildings would be fixed as a first priority, and then liability pursued later. (2/3)
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This approach, endorsed by
@CommonsLUHC
, would ensure remediation can be carried out as quickly as possible – something which is critical given we are five years on from the Grenfell tragedy.
#ResidentialFreeholdAssociation
(3/3)
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The Building Safety Act risks passing the cost of remediation not just onto
#leaseholders
, but also
#pensioners
. (1/3)
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The RFA has responded to the Government’s recent comments around abolishing the leasehold system in England and Wales.
Read the full statement below 👇
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RFA members remain committed to helping solve the building safety crisis and will develop proposals in the coming weeks to help Government expedite remediation outcomes.
We also plan to hold further sessions on this important subject so watch this space.
(2/2)
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Today, the RFA’s Mick Platt was featured in
@PropertyNotify
, highlighting the flaws in the Building Safety Act, in particular the dysfunctional ‘waterfall model’.
Read the full piece below👇
The UK Government Must Scrap its Dysfunctional ‘Waterfall Model’ & Adopt a Safety-First Approach to Cladding Remediation.
📰 Read the feature from
@RFAssociation
, highlighting the flaws in the UK Government’s approach to cladding remediation.
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Michael Gove has ignored this proposal but there’s still time to implement it. Regardless of how many developers sign Mr Gove’s pledge, the Government should implement our proposal which would bring all developers within scope and would speed up the pace of remediation. (3/4)
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The Act’s risk to pension funds could have serious financial consequences, impacting the savings of vulnerable pensioners across the UK at a time when the economic picture is challenging to say the least.
#ResidentialFreeholdAssociation
(3/3)
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The Government needs to strengthen the measures by which funding can be drawn and work with freeholders to pursue these avenues
#ResidentialFreeholdAssociation
(5/5)
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The RFA’s Mick Platt has written for
@PropIndEye
arguing that the UK Government must learn from issues resulting from Scotland’s model of ownership akin to commonhold, when pursuing leasehold reform.
Read the full piece below 👇
#ResidentialFreeholdAssociation
Whitehall must learn from the mistakes of Scotland when pursuing leasehold reform, says trade body
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In
@housingdigital_
, Charmaine McQueen-Prince outlines the four key points that responsible entities now need to consider following the Government’s deadline for developers to sign the legally binding Developer Pledge.
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If you’re interested in understanding how the RFA’s proposal works, get in touch at enquiries
@residentialfreeholdassociation
.co.uk (4/4)
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In the latest edition of
@PropertyWeek
, the RFA’s Mick Platt argues that the Government must accept responsibility for building safety issues and put a workable plan in place to solve the crisis.
Read more:
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The fact is that neither freeholders, nor leaseholders, have the funds to fix these buildings. By adopting this approach, the Government is slowing down, not speeding up remediation works, leaving leaseholders in buildings with unsafe cladding for longer. (4/5)
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So, what is the RFA's mission? The RFA will work to promote choice in the housing market, ensuring that
#leasehold
remains an effective form of tenure for those living in apartment blocks. (1/3)
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In
@Independent
Mick Platt argues the Govt must "think carefully” about the challenges of high-density housing.
Managing large buildings is complicated and the Govt’s leasehold reform agenda risks passing responsibility to residents who do not want it.
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If you need to register, you can find the Heat Networks Energy Bill Relief Scheme pass-through notification webform below👇 (3/3)
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Full guidance for the scheme and a registration portal can be found here on
@energygovuk
’s page: (3/3)
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🚨 Calling all freeholders, RMCs or RTM companies 🚨
The Building safety directors consultation from
@luhc
closes in less than a week, at 11:45pm on January 12th.
(1/2)
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We will be representing the views of professional UK freeholders on a range of important issues affecting the residential market, including
#buildingsafety
,
#leasehold
reform, and contributing to
#netzero
in the built environment. (2/3)
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Yesterday, the Government announced a consultation on the Building Safety Levy’s design and implementation, to collect £3bn over 10 years from developers. We welcome the consultation; it is an important step to ensure developers pay to fix building issues they caused. (1/3)
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They must therefore, as a priority, look to legally enforce the Developer Pledge as soon as possible so significant funding from polluters can finally flow toward fixing buildings, supporting the Levy.
#ResidentialFreeholdAssociation
(3/3)
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The Developer Pledge is part of the Government’s Building Safety strategy. What it *should* be is a mechanism to force the developers who caused this crisis, to pay to fix it.
What it *actually* does is cause further confusion, and further delay to remediation. Here’s why: (1/4)
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Further evidence the Government’s approach on
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
is failing.
Ensuring developers & cladding manufacturers pay to fix all buildings with fire safety defects is crucial to filling the funding gap and stopping rising insurance premiums for leaseholders.
Confirmation from the building safety minister that signing the final developer remediation contract will not obligate developers to fix *all* life-critical fire-safety defects as defined by the Building Safety Act 2022.
Deeply problematic.
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Full guidance can be found here (2/3)
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We are made up of a range of professional freeholders who are responsible for a significant portion of the current leasehold market.
Stay tuned for further updates!
#ResidentialFreeholdAssociation
(3/3)
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If heat suppliers do not apply for the scheme, then enforcement action can be taken. Should a heat supplier fail to undertake any corrective action they may face a penalty of up to £5,000. (2/3)
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While the Developer Pledge represents a positive step in making housebuilders pay for the crisis they created, the Pledge is not legally binding, is voluntary for housebuilders to sign up to and only represents commitments from a small fraction of the industry. (2/3)
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Through the Building Safety Act, the Government has abandoned the principle of 'Polluter Pays' and shifted the cost of remediation for safety issues onto those who played no part in the design or construction of these buildings – including freeholders and leaseholders. (3/5)
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The RFA’s Mick Platt has written for
@BENewsUK
arguing that the Government’s approach to the
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
is contradictory and has lacked thought, consultation and challenge.
Read the full piece below:
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However, the levy’s length again shows the Government is kicking the can down the road on building safety. The Government admit they don’t know how many buildings have defects or how much remediation will cost, raising doubts the levy’s funds will be enough for remediation. (2/3)
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However, because the Developer Pledge is voluntary and not legally binding, many developers are yet to commit to the Pledge, leaving huge gaps in the funding needed and causing delays to vital remediation works. (3/4)
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We will also work with a wide range of parties as a force for good in supporting wider policy objectives and initiatives from building owners and their institutional investors within the
#housing
market.
#ResidentialFreeholdAssociation
(3/3)
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In January the RFA proposed a smarter, quicker and more effective way of recouping money from developers, through an improved Remediation Contribution Order process. This would give building owners greater powers to get developers to pay to make buildings safe. (2/4)
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We will publish information on the
#leasehold
system, challenging the many misconceptions and increasing awareness and understanding among leaseholders about their rights. (2/3)
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We're delighted to introduce The Residential Freehold Association (RFA) – a representative organisation for the UK's largest professional freeholders. (1/3)
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Alongside the Building Safety Act, the Government announced plans for a 'Developer Pledge’, committing developers to remediate buildings over 11-metres, with fire safety defects, that they have played a role in developing or refurbishing over the last 30 years. (1/3)
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If you have views regarding how building safety directors will be appointed, you can provide a consultation response to DLUHC here:
@ARMAleasehold
(2/2)
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The RFA was pleased to see
@CommonsLUHC
question Michael Gove yesterday on building safety. We look forward to the committee questioning the building safety minister in the new year on the
#BuildingSafetyAct
+ issues with the Government’s approach to building safety.
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Thread: On Monday, Michael Gove’s six-week deadline for developers to sign the legal terms of the Developer Pledge will have passed. It’s right to make polluters pay for a crisis they caused – but only 50 developers have signed the initial Pledge out of 100s in the country. (1/4)
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Are you a landlord, RMC or RTM company that supplies heating and hot water to residents via a heat network? If so, you need to apply for the Government’s new Energy Bill Discount Scheme by 25 July 2023. (1/3)
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Pension funds have invested in freeholds in recent years, given their relatively stable (though by no means large) returns. (2/3)
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Are you a landlord, RMC or RTM company that supplies and charges for heating and/or hot water through a communal heating system?
@energygovuk
has now published a bulk upload template for the Energy Bills Discount Scheme heat network support [1/2]
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The RFA’s Mick Platt has written for
@Insurance_Post
, responding to
@TheFCA
's report on insurance for multi-occupancy buildings, arguing that the Government must adopt reliable building regulations to fix the insurance market.
Read the full piece here:
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Despite the Secretary of State writing to the Construction Products Association in April, cladding manufacturers have made no commitments despite their role in the building safety crisis. They too must pay to fix the problems they created.
#ResidentialFreeholdAssociation
(3/3)
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This means heat suppliers with multiple networks only have to make one application. For more details, visit: [2/2]
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Are you a landlord, RMC or RTM company that supplies and charges for heating and/ or hot water through a communal heating system? If so, the Energy Bill Relief Scheme regulations mean you need to register certain information by 6 January. (1/3)
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Ensuring the Developer Pledge is committed to by all those responsible for the crisis, is crucial to filling the funding gap and ending the building safety crisis. (2/4)
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