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Welcome to the Federation of Private Residents' Associations
We are a not-for-profit advice, support and lobbying organisation for private residential leaseholders, tenants' and residents' associations, and residential management companies.
We are the national voice of residents' associations and are frequently consulted by government.
Our advisory services are free to members, who pay an annual subscription fee.

The FPRA offers a free block website to its members in association with News on the Block.

The FPRA encourages leaseholders to set up residents' associations and publishes a guide on how to do it.

The FPRA offers its members specialist legal, insurance, management, and building guidance.

The FPRA represents and understands the interests of both tenants' associations and resident management companies.

The FPRA keeps its members informed about current issues and events affecting leaseholders.

The FPRA publishes a quarterly 12 page newsletter for its members (
a sample copy of the Newsletter can be purchased for £3.50 inc. p&p)

The FPRA publishes information guides and booklets, which are available to non-members.

The FPRA is a vital information resource for leaseholders, with articles, news, newsletters and article index, forms to download, and a discussion forum.

So if you ... are a leaseholder in a block of flats, have problems with your freeholder, need to form a residents' association, part-own the freehold and/ or manage your own block.

Read what Property People says about the FPRA


 

 Message to members: free websites for your block are now available. Go to the Members Area for details.
Posted 30/07/10

Accounting Regulations and Commonhold reform abandoned by Coalition Government

The FPRA understands from the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) that it will not be implementing regulations requiring service charge accounts to be held in designated accounts, and for certain accounting information to be provided with service charge invoices.

These provisions were included in the 2002 Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act, but not yet iimplemented. The Coalition government has abandoned them on the grounds that they will be an unwanted bureacratic burden on businesses.

The Ministry of Justice has informed the FPRA that it has no plans to change Commonhold legislation, while adding that subject to priorities and resources it will consider proposals for change.

A further signal that the Coalition has turned its back on Commonhold is their withdrawal of funding from LEASE to provide advice on Commonhold. See LEASE's press release for more information.
Posted 5/08/10

New Government Shelves Plans to Regulate Agents

Grant Shapps, the new Housing Minister, has scrapped the previous government's plans to regulate the private rented sector. Unfortunately for leaseholders and reputable managing agents, this appears to include scrapping plans to regulate agents which manage blocks of flats and their service charge funds. Shapps believes that the powers already held by local councils are sufficient to deal with renegade agents.

See Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) press release.
Posted 11/06/10

United You Stand (by forming a Tenants' Association) say LEASE

The Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) has issued a press release high-lighting the strategic benefits to leaseholders of forming a Recognised Tenants' Association when dealing with freeholders. LEASE says the benefits include a single point of contact with the freeholder and legal advantages.

LEASE points to the FPRA's handbook on setting up Tenants' Associations as perhaps the most detailed account of how to do it.

Click here for LEASE's press release.
Posted 26/05/10

HIPS last stand

The much derided Home Information Packs (HIPs) have been suspended from 21 May 2010. Homes marketed after this date will not require a HIP.
Posted 26/05/10

FPRA legal advisor Yashmin Mistry wins two awards

Many FPRA members will have had their questions answered by Yashmin Mistry, of solicitors Brethertons. Her outstanding skills as a legal specialist in leasehold were recognised when she won two awards at the Enfranchisement and Right to Manage Awards, organised by News on the Block.

Yashmin won Young Professional of the Year Award and Individual Solicitor of the Year Award. The winners were announced at a special event held at Lords Cricket Ground on 12 May 2010.

More details here about the event and other winners.
Posted 14/05/10

 

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Phone - 0871 200 3324
Post - The Federation of Private Residents' Associations, PO Box 10271, Epping, CM16 9DB

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SUMMER 2010 Newsletter out now
available to members only

Read FPRA Chairman Bob Smytherman's comments on the Coalition government's stance on leasehold and Commonhold in Flat Living Magazine. Go to page 18
Posted 25/08/10

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309 Questions Answered in Past Year

The FPRA's team of leasehold consultants answered 309 questions from members in the last 12 months. The questions, many complex, covered all aspects of leasehold and block management, from pets to parking, sub-letting to service charges, and lifts to leases.

"Many thanks for a prompt, helpful and cogent response. Well done, FPRA!" said one member.
Posted 30/5/10

Digital UK has published its annual report for the year to 31 March 2010. With digital television switchover completed successfully in five out of 15 regions, DigitalUK reports that the programme is running on time and significantly under budget.

The report can be seen on DigitalUK's website




Marketing and Conference Events planned for 2011

A company called Manage Your Block is to produce two marketing and seminar events in 2011 in London and Manchester for people who run their blocks, and companies that offer services to them.

The FPRA is delighted to be associated with the events. FPRA members can find out more about this in the Members Area.
Posted 26/05/10



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