[level-member] An important Consultation to improve the currently confusing fire risk assessment process for the common parts of blocks of flats, by the Department for Communities and Local Government. The existing fire risk assessment procedures and guidelines are clearly a cause for concern for members and the ‘responsible person’ for managing the fire risk in …

[level-member] Office of Fair Trading (OFT) Off-grid Energy Market Study and the impact on long-leaseholders Details here are available here. The FPRA response can be view here. [/level-member]

[level-member] The consultation related to whether blocks of flats are treated as residential or commercial properties, which can impact on other factors such disconnection procedures. The OFGEM open letter can be viewed here  The FPRA’s submission can be viewed here [/level-member]

[level-member] The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) consultation on ‘issues that have arisen in relation to the implementation of the Right to Enfranchise (RTE) provisions in the 2002 Act’. View here Details of the consultation The FPRA’s response DCLG issued a Summary of Response on 31 March 2010.   [/level-member]

[level-member] A consultation on the above topics was published by the Department for Communities and Local Government on 3 March 2010. Details are available here [/level-member]

[level-member] Member organisation Arlington Park Mansions Ltd submitted its views on the issue of regulating managing agents, which the FPRA has forwarded to the Task and Finish Group at the DCLG (which is considering the question of regulation). In summary, Arlington Park Mansions is concerned, as is the FPRA, that regulation for the managing agent …

[level-member] The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) consulted on the question of regulating managing agents. This aspect is hidden away in their report entitled “The Private Rented Sector: professionalism and quality. The government response to the Rugg Review”. See FPRA article about the consultation The FPRA attended the DCLG’s Task and Finish group …

[level-member] The DCLG consulted on updating the Articles of Association of RMCs, to include changes made in the 2006 Companies Act. Published 29 June 2009. Details are available here. The FPRA expressed its view that the suggestions in the Consultation are ‘sensible and we would support your approach’. [/level-member]

[level-member] The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICs) consulted on transparency in fee/commission payments in the residential and commercial sectors, including service charges. The FPRA attended meetings. [/level-member]