Engage Liverpool represents leaseholder interests in Liverpool and is now a Federation of Private Residents’ Association partner organisation. Residents’ Associations belonging to Engage Liverpool can join the FPRA without the cost of the Joining Fee.

[level-member] Consultation from the Ministry of Justice, which will impact on fees charged by the LVT.  Read the overview here. Consultation period 18 April – 16 May 2013. [/level-member]

[level-member] Unfair Insurance Commissions: FPRA challenges the newly formed Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to take seriously the widepread problem of freeholders/agents loading up insurance commissions at  leaseholders’ expense.   Read Insurance Commissions Letter-to-FCA-17.4.13 [/level-member]

[level-member] From 28th April 2013 RTM directors cannot be dismissed on the ground of Mental Health New provisions to the Mental Health Discrimination Act received Royal Assent on 28 February 2013 which affect an RTM (Right to Manage) Company being set up under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, and amends the associated Articles …

[level-member] The Association of Retirement Home Managers is consulting on revising its Code of Practice You can view the press release here and see the FPRA submission here. The consultation ended on 10th April 2013 [/level-member]

[level-member] FPRA writes to new Housing Minister Mark Prisk urging him to seriously consider problems faced by leaseholders. Read Mark Prisk letter 16.1   Read Te Minister’s brief reply 28.02   [/level-member]

Section 20 as we know it has taken another legal knock, this time at the Supreme Court in the case of Daejan Investments v Benson. Broadly, the Supreme Court has ruled that technical irregularities with the bureaucracy of Section 20 compliance, are not grounds for leaseholders to restrict their contribution for major works to the …

[level-member] The Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA) is proposing to set up a new self-regulatory regime for its members. It’s a response to the government’s total abandonment of any interest in trying to regulate the sector. ARMA sees their proposal as ground breaking due to the introduction of an independent regulatory body. Find out …

[level-member] Proposals have been made to the draft legislation governing annual residential property tax.   Read the draft consultation here Read the FPRA observations here. [/level-member]

Just before Christmas a High Court judge appears to have ruled that the £250 limit per flat for spending on repairs and maintenance without having to consult with leaseholders, applies to the collective year’s total. Until this ruling, it was understood that the £250 applied to a particular set of works. The impact of the …