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MHCLG's built environment professions call for evidence closed 12 August 2026. What it asked, and why it matters for accountable persons and managing agents.
In December 2024, developers committed to start or complete works on 80% of buildings requiring remediation by end July 2026. MHCLG's own data has them at 48.5%, up 1.2 points in 22 months.
For occupied higher-risk buildings, the BSR judges your safety case on golden thread evidence quality, not document volume. What section 88 requires.
A 2026 managing agent service charge compliance checklist: demands, Section 20 consultation thresholds, the 18-month rule, and the RICS service charge code 4th edition.
The RICS Service Charge Residential Management Code 4th edition took effect on 7 April 2026. Here is what changed, who it applies to, and the LAFRA 2024 reforms it tells you to prepare for.
How managing agents handle building safety across a portfolio: ranking by risk and deadline, surfacing the building that needs action first, and evidencing every decision for clients and the BSR.
The Commonhold Reform Bill and Remediation Bill both reshape existing leaseholder-managed buildings: ground rent cap, forfeiture abolition, an 11-18m register. What RTM directors should do now.
The BSR Approved Document B consultation closes 1 July 2026. A managerial-frame companion for higher-risk building managers: which proposals carry operational impact, how to scope a response, and what evidence to cite.
What fair pricing for building safety management software looks like in practice. Brocade's published rate, where named competitors sit on the transparency spectrum, and the questions to take into any vendor demo.
Primary-source analysis of the first 1,012 BSR Building Assessment Certificate decisions, the three things the regulator doesn't track, and what it means for RTM, RMC, and managing-agent leads.
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