Helen NW1
helennw1.bsky.social
Helen NW1
@helennw1.bsky.social
Supporter (and researcher) of 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Commonhold; extensive experience professionally studying working and owning similar tenures around the world
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Our second breakout sessions giving us an experiential understanding of ageing:

- Birth cohorts & inclusive ageing by @clscohorts.bsky.social
- Value of play across long lives by Climate Play
- Could commonhold help with later living?

#FutureofAgeing
February 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Really positive meeting with Minister for Housing Matthew Pennycook today where we outlined the concerns of NLC members.

He is determined to deliver on their manifesto commitments

We stressed the urgency to lay down a timeline of when parts of LFRA24 will be enacted.

#Leasehold #Commonhold
November 14, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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The Guardian on buying leasehold. Umm, what?

www.theguardian.com/money/2024/s...
September 25, 2024 at 7:05 AM
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"Leasehold is a form of tenancy: it involves purchasing a lease from the freeholder – who owns the property and the ground it sits on". www.theguardian.com/money/2024/s...
How to handle buying a leasehold property in England and Wales
If buying in England and Wales keep an eye on looming changes to the law and ask the seller to extend a shorter-than-average lease
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2024 at 7:51 AM
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Avoid it if at all possible?
September 26, 2024 at 9:44 AM
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Grenfell residents call for openness of information, resident engagement and proper complaints process for tenants and leaseholders to be amongst Inquiry recommendations. inews.co.uk/news/housing...
Grenfell residents ‘ignored and belittled’ over safety concerns demand change
Ahead of next week’s inquiry report, those who survived the disaster in the west London tower block call for social housing reform
inews.co.uk
September 2, 2024 at 6:32 PM
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Freeholder ignoring remediation order... (Remediation order is enforceable by county court as if it was a court order. So remedy would be application to the county court and potentially contempt/committal proceedings, I think) news.sky.com/story/grenfe...
Grenfell Tower legal powers to fix fire safety crisis are being ignored
Seven years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people, legislation enacted to end Britain's building safety crisis and tackle the issue of dangerous cladding is not being enforced, Sky N...
news.sky.com
September 3, 2024 at 10:12 AM
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Angela Rayner says she wants developers to flag stalled housing projects so she can "knock heads together" to get them moving. She'll need to tackle council staff shortages and issues such as nutrient neutrality to do this www.thetimes.com/article/e6d5...
Angela Rayner vows to get construction started on 300,000 homes
Labour will parachute in Whitehall experts to resolve planning problems that have stalled at least 200 large developments around the country
www.thetimes.com
August 29, 2024 at 8:00 AM
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We are quietly confident that secondary legislation will be brought in pretty swiftly to "trigger" key sections in the L&F R act 2024.
Although this does not outright ban leasehold it should make it less attractive and protect Leaseholders more. 🤞

www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/2...
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024
www.legislation.gov.uk
August 18, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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August 19, 2024 at 7:02 AM
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Over 30,000 members have already joined the National Leasehold Campaign to fight against feudal #leasehold tenure in England & Wales.

If you have been caught in this iniquitous trap please have a look at our FB group.
www.facebook.com/share/g/BqGu...

@nlc-movement.bsky.social
#leaseholdscandal
August 13, 2024 at 10:11 PM
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France is building out parking lot solar, mandated by law. The estimated output will equal that of several of their nuclear power plants. Depending on size, owners have 3-5yrs to comply but projects can be completed in less time. 🧪🔌💡🔌🚗
August 18, 2024 at 9:38 PM