The Renters’ Rights Bill is nearly law. Key changes are coming as early as this summer. Housing associations must act now.

Media attention has been on the private sector. But there are big changes for housing associations.

The implications are major – from governing how you inform tenants about rent increases and tenants’ ability to appeal to a tribunal to abolishing fixed term tenancies,

Join Devonshires Partners Anna Bennett and Samantha Grix for a focused legal briefing on what the bill means for you. Get clear guidance, expert insight, and questions answered. Send in your questions ahead of the session to get them answered during the session.

What will be covered:

• Detail of the Renters Rights Bill that apply to private registered providers
• Ending of s21 notices
• Abolition of fixed term tenancies and implications for the Tenancy Standard
• Implications for rent increases
• New powers of the First Tier Tribunal.

Why attend?

• To fully understand the implications of the Renters Rights bill on housing association tenancies
• To be prepared for changes in rent increases
• To be prepared for changes to fixed term tenancies
• To ask questions of the legal experts from Devonshires.

Essential for Housing Association:

• CEOs
• Directors of Housing
• Finance Directors
• Heads of Housing
• Housing management teams
• Tenancy management teams
• Rent/Income teams
• Rent compliance teams.

12:00pm Welcome and introductions

• Damian Roche, Director, HQN

12:05pm The Renters’ Rights Bill – an overview of the impact on private registered providers

• Anna Bennett, Partner, Devonshires

• Sam Grix, Partner, Devonshires

12:10pm The impact on rents

• Sam Grix, Partner, Devonshires

12:30pm Q&A and discussion

12:45pm The impact on housing association tenancies

• Anna Bennett, Partner, Devonshires

1:40pm Q&A and discussion

2:00pm Close

Damian Roche, Director, HQN

Damian is one of HQN’s experts on the consumer standards. He has played a key role in our consultancy projects since the new regulatory framework began its journey into law and supported a wide range of organisations (local authorities, housing associations and ALMOs) with their self assessments and improvement plans. His particular areas of expertise are in customer engagement and wider stakeholder engagement as well as governance, complaints management.

Damian is a regular speaker at HQN events and recently devised and delivered a series of workshops to assist providers with their preparations for the new regulatory framework. He has developed toolkits for use in self-assessments, the latest covering the empty homes and lettings process and our condensed toolkit for the regulation of social housing.

As well as the learning and insight that Damian has gained through consultancy and project work Damian also has hands- on practical experience of delivering services. He has worked in the housing sector for more than 20 years’ much of which has been at a senior/executive level, including eight years as director of customer experience for Accent Housing.

Anna Bennett, Partner, Devonshires

Anna advises and represents clients on all areas of housing management and property litigation, from nuisance, subletting and bogus succession claims, through to disrepair cases and wider leasehold and boundary disputes.

Outside of litigation, Anna also regularly carries out and reviews tenancies, policies and procedure for her clients.  Anna has a particular interest in working with Housing Co-operatives and the challenges faced by those clients.  Anna is also the main point of contact for work we do for the Private Rented Sector.

Sam Grix, Partner, Devonshires

Samantha is a Partner in the Housing Management and Property Litigation team at Devonshires and has worked in the sector for almost 15 years. She was called to the Bar before cross qualifying as a solicitor and has worked at Devonshires throughout her career.

Samantha deals with all areas of housing management and specialises in rent regulation and the consumer standards. She regularly advises clients on compliance and forms part of their team when an issue is discovered to the point of resolution.

If you are unable to attend an event or public training course, please let us know in writing (email is fine) at least 48 hours before. Please email [email protected]

Otherwise, a cancellation fee of £60 plus VAT will be chargeable.

If you are using a package place to attend and do not inform us within the agreed time frame, then a place will be taken to cover your non-attendance.

Cancellations must be made in writing and will be acknowledged by HQN Limited.