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Building Safety

Posted on 20 March 2026 by David Cowan

I don't tend to write about the building safety provisions, partly because they are so complicated and require different types of expertise beyond housing law and policy (or perhaps I […]

Manifestos Part 1

Posted on 13 March 2026 by David Cowan

Apologies - it has been a week and a half.  I usually have posts written earlier in the week but, well, things can get in the way. In this post, […]

(More) Leasehold reform

Posted on 30 January 2026 by David Cowan

After last week's glut of posts, I promise that there will be just one this week.  It comes in the context for me of writing about the way in which […]

Rent and Service Charge Standard Consultation

Posted on 18 July 2025 by David Cowan

This is the first of two new posts inspired by the Housing View Team (the very brilliant Justin Bates and Andrew Dymond) which produce a weekly newsletter about housing law and […]

Building safety

Posted on 11 April 2025 by David Cowan

I cannot claim any expertise on building safety (I recommend Susan Bright's blog for that purpose), but there has been a flurry of activity in Wales this week, following the […]

Notes on devolution

Posted on 14 March 2025 by David Cowan

This past week or so has been one in which devolution of housing has cropped up, raising some odd little things.  Three odd little things, actually: leasehold reform; Awaab's law; […]