HHSRS and housing standards
The HHSRS and housing standards are central to government policy for improving housing. We cover all housing tenures and property types, including single-occupancy households, HMOs, flats and other multi-occupied buildings. Our services include:
Property condition surveys and assessments
Regulatory advice and best-course-of-action determinations
Consistency exercises and professional mentoring services
Housing policy, procedures, practice reviews and development
HMOs and other multi-occupied buildings
HMOs and other multi-occupied buildings are a high priority for government housing policy, particularly around fire and building safety reforms. Our services include:
Assessments of high- and low-rise residential buildings
Compliance-based property inspections (licensing of HMOs and other houses)
Reviews of new and existing discretionary licensing-scheme designations
Package of support for operating mandatory and/or discretionary property licensing schemes
Decarbonisation and MEES
Local authorities considering applying for funding under the government's annual MEES funding schemes can access our support packages. These range from assisting with funding applications to delivering training and digital solutions for staff and landlords. We help to locate non-compliant housing and identify properties where enforcement action is appropriate.
Empty homes and dilapidated buildings
Local authorities need effective strategies to make the best use of housing stock in the face of the growing challenges of affordability, housing need and homelessness. Longer-term vacant and occupied eyesore properties are a blight to residents and communities. Effective strategies and policies that bring decent, safe and affordable properties back into use have never been more important.
We can support organisations to bring empty properties and dilapidated buildings back into use by:
Developing empty-property strategies
Identifying empty properties and ownership details
Undertaking empty-property condition surveys
Developing empty-property priority lists for action
Developing financial models to sustainably bring empty properties and dilapidated buildings back into use
Face-to-face and online training
Our consultants and trainers offer the best available professional training across a range of housing disciplines. Our delivery standards ensure you are being trained by a professional with hands-on experience. Our housing-related courses include:
Effective Enforcement and Rogue Landlords: Banning Orders
HHSRS Assessment of High-rise Residential with Cladding: Fire Addendum
Housing Act 2004 Part 1: Effective Enforcement Using the HHSRS
Fitness for Human Habitation: The Expert Guide for Housing Professionals and Landlords
HHSRS Identification and Rating of Hazards
Empty Properties: Options for Action
HHSRS Identification and Rating of Hazards
HHSRS Practitioner Training
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Housing conferences and events
RHE Global regularly organises topical and informative conferences. Presented by panels of carefully selected and respected speakers, these events provide the perfect opportunity for attendees to learn whilst sharing ideas with others working in the same field. Examples of recent housing conferences hosted and facilitated by us include:
Making Housing Healthier: Being Smarter About Addressing Risks in the PRS
Housing Standards and Tenancy Reform in the PRS
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