Webinar: Strategic issues on leasehold housing developments
Event date: 10/07/24
Location: Webinar
This engaging webinar is tailored for acquisition project managers and those involved in the development of land involving residential leasehold properties.
Those involved in construction projects for leasehold residential developments will find this webinar indispensable for navigating and learning about recent updates and current challenges in the construction industry.
The topics covered are:
Leasehold Reform Update – The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024
Provisions relevant to development site acquisitions and ongoing management:
What’s included in the Act?
Those involved in construction projects for leasehold residential developments will find this webinar indispensable for navigating and learning about recent updates and current challenges in the construction industry.
The topics covered are:
Leasehold Reform Update – The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024
Provisions relevant to development site acquisitions and ongoing management:
What’s included in the Act?
- Majority ban on leasehold houses
- Increased transparency of service charges
- Redress scheme for leaseholders to enable them to more easily challenge poor performance of freeholders who directly manage a building
- Maximum time limits for the provision of information by freeholders on sales
- Changes to rent charges rules
What’s been left out of the Act?
- Abolition of leasehold tenure
- Cap on ground rents in existing leases
- Regulation of estate charge
….a new government will be in place by the date of the webinar, so we will also touch upon the manifesto promises of the winning party as far as they relate to leasehold and freehold reform.
Building Safety Act
- What are the ‘gateway obligations’?
- What is the latest on the ‘golden thread’ of information?
- Second staircase in tall residential buildings – what is the current position?
- What are the roles of the Responsible Person, Accountable Person and Principal Accountable Person, and how should your development have regard to future obligations?
- What can we take away from recent cases on the Building Safety Act 2022?
Date: Wednesday 10 July
Time: 10.00am - 11.00am
To register for this event, please click here.
If you have any queries, please contact Vicki Cozens.
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