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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 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 copy of the current Newsletter can be purchased for £2.00 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.

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SUMMER NEWSLETTER OUT NOW
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Safety of Service Charge Funds: CLG Publishes Guidelines

Communities and Local Government has at last published Guidance Notes on the safety of leaseholders' service charge funds in the event of the holding bank's collapse. Each leaseholder will be compensated up to £50,000.
CLG Guidance Notes


....AND THE WINNERS ARE .....click here to see



Fuel Poverty Coalition


The FPRA is a member of the Fuel Poverty Coalition, which is lobbying for an end to Fuel Poverty.

The FPRA explains its views in an open letter to Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and Under Secretary Joan Ruddock MP.

And DEFRA explains its position
The Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs argues that the Fuel Poverty Bill is 'inflexible', and not the best way to tackle fuel poverty. To assess Defra's view, click here

Fuel Poverty Bill Talked Out by Government
The attempt by David Heath MP to end fuel poverty by introducing a Fuel Poverty Bill failed on 20 March 2009.

See ePolitix.com for information on the debate,
FPRA Press Release and politics.co.uk

FPRA's letter seeking support for the Bill

What are the levels of fuel poverty in your area? See Consumer Focus' survey

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Countdown to the Digital Switchover
Digital UK, the not-for-profit company leading the TV switchover from analogue to digital, has just produced a guide (above) to installing the necessary aerials and dishes for receiving digital in flats.

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Retirement Housing Company Agrees to Remove Lease Transfer Fee after OFT Intervention
The Office of Fair Trading has secured the agreement of a major builder of UK retirement flats to remove from its leases a 1% transfer fee when the property is sold. This is expected to help thousands of elderly residents selling their homes.
See OFT press release 14/01/2009



HIPs guide now available
Communities and Local Government published on 26 March 2009 a new guide to Home Information Packs (HIPs). More information here



What do you EXPECT from your Managing Agent?
FPRA consultant Nic Shulman delivered a talk at the 2009 LEASE Conference on the relationship between managing agents and their clients, and what leaseholders should expect. See Nic's Power Point presentation here

 

Leaseholders' Rights Bill
Leasehold is back on the Parliamentary agenda.
Jacqui Tait MP presented a Private Members Bill aimed at confering more rights on leaseholders in

relation to the management and maintenance of their properties. The Bill was first presented in January 2009, and will have its Second Reading on 26 June 2009. Full details of the proposed bill have yet to be printed. More information here.

Unfair Lease Transfer Fees: do they apply to existing leases?

Our recent report (see further down page) on the Office of Fair Trading's success in removing lease transfer fees on retirement homes, prompted FPRA members to report that this only applies to new leases. The FPRA is now seeking clarification from the OFT on whether transfer fees on existing leases are considered fair.

Latest press releases from the FPRA

23/04/2009
Government's Warm Front announcement could leave millions in the cold

2/4/2009
FPRA lobbies for FSCS to include leaseholders funds in its consultation on temporary bank deposits

24/03/2009
Warm Front Vote lost by 11 votes
FPRA asks where was your MP?

20/02/2009
Carbon efficiency scheme looks set to exclude leaseholders
FPRA says that without including flats, the government will not meet its carbon reduction targets.

28/01/2009
Warning of early analogue switch-off for some Meridian TV viewers

23/10/2008
FPRA welcomes government commissioned review of the Private Rented Sector

9/10/2008
FPRA warns that digital 'switchover' could be 'switch off' time for some flat dwellers

3/10/2008
Questions raised by FPRA about digital switchover in blocks of flats is debated in parliament

11/09/2008
Leaseholders face cost of WarmFront grants
What is an Energy Performance Certificate?

2/09/2008
FPRA sees potential problems for blocks of flats with the proposed disability discrimination legislation


Links related to press releases


Good Practice Guide
for all landlords and property managers about resident consultation for digital TV. Available here

Digital UK announces changes in TV services for Meridian viewers from 25th March 2009

See the government commissioned report on the private rental market The Private Rented Sector: its contribution and potential'

For help and information about digital TV switchover visit 'digitaluk'

The Warm Front Scheme is a government initiative offering grants for home insulation to certain groups of people receiving benefits

What are Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs)?

 

 

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