9/6/2021 1:55:42 PM The limitations of Sweden's rent control system and how HMOs provide an alternative model By Sharon Stark An article on BBC News entitled "Why rent control isn't working in Sweden" reports how insufficient stock of rent-controlled apartments...
9/6/2021 9:45:26 AM Selective HMO licence enforcement: Has the local housing authority followed its own housing enforcement policy before imposing a financial penalty? By Sharon Stark In the recent case of Ekweozoh v Redbridge London Borough Council, Ms Ekweozoh appealed against the decision of the First Tier Tribunal...
11/25/2019 3:53:51 PM Imposing new obligations on private landlords may not improve the sector By Sam Shurkin The government (whether left or right) needs the private sector to build much needed homes and the proposed rent controls and other...
3/19/2019 12:00:00 AM I've got 99 problems but my lease ain't one. By Howard Kennedy While there are issues over the operation of the leasehold title structure there are many articles and comments doing the rounds that are...
2/11/2019 12:00:00 AM Housing crisis - it really isn't the developers. By Howard Kennedy I have posted before that the criticism of the private sector for the shortage of new homes is misplaced. Reports such as that by...
10/3/2018 12:00:00 AM The arc of the restrictive covenant By Howard Kennedy I am acting for a number of clients who own land affected by dynastic covenants imposed over 100 years ago to preserve a degree of...
9/14/2016 12:00:00 AM Rent v purchase By Howard Kennedy 30 years ago we were approaching a property boom (anyone remember double MIRAS relief?) and one of the suggestions to deal with the...