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Residential Freehold Association
@RFAssociation
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The Residential Freehold Association is a representative organisation for the UK’s largest professional freeholders.
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Joined November 2022
Abolishing #leasehold won’t reduce maintenance costs or resolve #BuildingSafety issues. It will only make residents responsible for remediation and liable for building maintenance; vital that leaseholders fully understand the consequences of abolition.
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Mick Platt, Director of the RFA, responds to @twocitiesnickie's claim that homeowners must be "unshackled” from the “tyranny” of leasehold. Removing #leasehold will not reduce service charges, it will only make residents liable for complex issues.
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Today the RFA's Mick Platt was quoted in @PropIndEye, welcoming the Government's new pilot scheme for unsafe medium-rise buildings, while arguing the Government must acknowledge its part in the regulatory failure that led to the building safety crisis.
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In @BENewsUK, Mick Platt argues government must undertake wide-reaching consultation to understand the impact of #leasehold reform & provide information on the obligations residents would comply with under a commonhold system.
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This week the RFA hosted a successful #buildingsafety roundtable to discuss remediation progress, the issues on the ground and potential solutions that will ensure #leaseholders are made safe as quickly as possible. (1/2).
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The RFA’s Mick Platt has written for @PropertyWeek arguing that the UK Government must learn from the problems in Scotland, when pursuing its leasehold reform agenda. You can read the full piece here:
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We agree – the Government must do more on the #buildingsafety crisis, and re-adopt a ‘polluter pays’ policy, focusing on making developers and cladding manufacturers pay for a crisis they created, rather than pinning liability on innocent groups.
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The RFA is clear that #leaseholders should not be expected to pay under any circumstances – it is entirely unfair that they should be blamed for a failure of building regulation. #ResidentialFreeholdAssociation .(2/2).
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The RFA spoke at the Leasehold & Commonhold APPG in Parliament yesterday, alongside Housing Minister @redditchrachel & others. Discussion between a wide range of stakeholders remains vital to ensuring any reforms to the leasehold system are proportionate, realistic & achievable.
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The Government has previously put forward feasible solutions to resolve the #BuildingSafetyCrisis, arguing that those responsible should pay – namely, developers and manufacturers. (1/3).
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🚨 If you are the Principal Accountable Person for a building over 18m or 7 storeys, there is one month left to register your building with @H_S_E's Building Safety Regulator. The deadline is 30th Sept and applications for registration can be done here:
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This approach, endorsed by @CommonsLUHC, would ensure remediation can be carried out as quickly as possible – something which is critical given we are five years on from the Grenfell tragedy. #ResidentialFreeholdAssociation (3/3).
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The Building Safety Act risks passing the cost of remediation not just onto #leaseholders, but also #pensioners. (1/3).
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Today, the RFA’s Mick Platt was featured in @PropertyNotify, highlighting the flaws in the Building Safety Act, in particular the dysfunctional ‘waterfall model’. Read the full piece below👇.
The UK Government Must Scrap its Dysfunctional ‘Waterfall Model’ & Adopt a Safety-First Approach to Cladding Remediation. 📰 Read the feature from @RFAssociation, highlighting the flaws in the UK Government’s approach to cladding remediation.
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The Act’s risk to pension funds could have serious financial consequences, impacting the savings of vulnerable pensioners across the UK at a time when the economic picture is challenging to say the least. #ResidentialFreeholdAssociation (3/3).
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The Government needs to strengthen the measures by which funding can be drawn and work with freeholders to pursue these avenues. #ResidentialFreeholdAssociation. (5/5).
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The RFA’s Mick Platt has written for @PropIndEye arguing that the UK Government must learn from issues resulting from Scotland’s model of ownership akin to commonhold, when pursuing leasehold reform. Read the full piece below 👇. #ResidentialFreeholdAssociation.
Whitehall must learn from the mistakes of Scotland when pursuing leasehold reform, says trade body .
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In @housingdigital_, Charmaine McQueen-Prince outlines the four key points that responsible entities now need to consider following the Government’s deadline for developers to sign the legally binding Developer Pledge.
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If you’re interested in understanding how the RFA’s proposal works, get in touch at enquiries@residentialfreeholdassociation.co.uk (4/4).
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In the latest edition of @PropertyWeek, the RFA’s Mick Platt argues that the Government must accept responsibility for building safety issues and put a workable plan in place to solve the crisis. Read more:
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So, what is the RFA's mission? The RFA will work to promote choice in the housing market, ensuring that #leasehold remains an effective form of tenure for those living in apartment blocks. (1/3).
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In @Independent Mick Platt argues the Govt must "think carefully” about the challenges of high-density housing. Managing large buildings is complicated and the Govt’s leasehold reform agenda risks passing responsibility to residents who do not want it.
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Full guidance for the scheme and a registration portal can be found here on @energygovuk’s page: (3/3).
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🚨 Calling all freeholders, RMCs or RTM companies 🚨 . The Building safety directors consultation from @luhc closes in less than a week, at 11:45pm on January 12th. (1/2).
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We will be representing the views of professional UK freeholders on a range of important issues affecting the residential market, including #buildingsafety, #leasehold reform, and contributing to #netzero in the built environment. (2/3).
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They must therefore, as a priority, look to legally enforce the Developer Pledge as soon as possible so significant funding from polluters can finally flow toward fixing buildings, supporting the Levy. #ResidentialFreeholdAssociation (3/3).
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Further evidence the Government’s approach on #BuildingSafetyCrisis is failing. Ensuring developers & cladding manufacturers pay to fix all buildings with fire safety defects is crucial to filling the funding gap and stopping rising insurance premiums for leaseholders.
Confirmation from the building safety minister that signing the final developer remediation contract will not obligate developers to fix *all* life-critical fire-safety defects as defined by the Building Safety Act 2022. Deeply problematic.
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We are made up of a range of professional freeholders who are responsible for a significant portion of the current leasehold market. Stay tuned for further updates! . #ResidentialFreeholdAssociation (3/3).
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The RFA’s Mick Platt has written for @BENewsUK arguing that the Government’s approach to the #BuildingSafetyCrisis is contradictory and has lacked thought, consultation and challenge. Read the full piece below:
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We will also work with a wide range of parties as a force for good in supporting wider policy objectives and initiatives from building owners and their institutional investors within the #housing market. #ResidentialFreeholdAssociation (3/3).
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We will publish information on the #leasehold system, challenging the many misconceptions and increasing awareness and understanding among leaseholders about their rights. (2/3).
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If you have views regarding how building safety directors will be appointed, you can provide a consultation response to DLUHC here: . @ARMAleasehold (2/2).
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The RFA was pleased to see @CommonsLUHC question Michael Gove yesterday on building safety. We look forward to the committee questioning the building safety minister in the new year on the #BuildingSafetyAct + issues with the Government’s approach to building safety.
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Are you a landlord, RMC or RTM company that supplies and charges for heating and/or hot water through a communal heating system? @energygovuk has now published a bulk upload template for the Energy Bills Discount Scheme heat network support [1/2].
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The RFA’s Mick Platt has written for @Insurance_Post, responding to @TheFCA's report on insurance for multi-occupancy buildings, arguing that the Government must adopt reliable building regulations to fix the insurance market. Read the full piece here:
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Despite the Secretary of State writing to the Construction Products Association in April, cladding manufacturers have made no commitments despite their role in the building safety crisis. They too must pay to fix the problems they created. #ResidentialFreeholdAssociation (3/3).
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