I repeat my call for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Middle East, the unconditional release of all hostages, and the delivery of life-saving supplies at the scale needed. Everyone must assume their responsibilities. This is a moment of truth. History will judge us all.

Leasehold reform coming.... no new LH houses, easier/cheaper LH extension, consultation on capping existing ground rents 😮, but flats can continue to be sold as leaseholds thetimes.co.uk/article/all-ne…

At ALPS conference I spoke about the Grenfell Tower fire + the wider impact on 000's of other blocks and leaseholders. The paper is now published open access on ALPS website. Jessica Owley has been v wonderful as an editor (big thanks 🥰) 1/4 img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/768c…

Today is #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay and we’ve commissioned some polling to understand how households are coping, or more likely not coping, 2 years into the energy crisis. A quick thread on what we found

Big heat pump news: New figures show surge in heat pump uptake under Boiler Upgrade Scheme, we've also published our consultation response on the clean heat market mechanism and an independent review of noise emissions from heat pumps: gov.uk/government/new… 🧵Thread below.

🔊"2023 ended with nearly 900 reports, all of which look at how to increase the amount & quality of UK homes." 📄BRE's The Cost of Ignoring Poor Housing is featured as a top piece of 2023 housing research by the Thinkhouse editorial panel chair: insidehousing.co.uk/comment/the-th… Institute for Fiscal Studies

We want to see more awareness and better resourcing of the crucial role played by environmental health professionals in tackling poor housing conditions in all types of tenure, thereby reducing ill health and saving lives. 2/2

Good news that the price of energy is coming down. But why is the spark gap (the ratio between gas and electricity pricing getting wider) through the year? 3.9 up to 4.37? It means you need a much better SCOP with your heat pump to make it cheaper to run. Surely someone

🔊"Reforms to the Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) to make it more up-to-date, accurate & usable will be key to helping homeowners in their #netzero journey." 📄Our report outlines recommendations on developing #EPCs for existing homes: bregroup.com/press-releases… Gillian Charlesworth

This is a great piece on the many challenges of renovating big apartment buildings and it applies across Europe. France began a great programme years ago called coachcopro.com which has been emulated in numerous other countries/cities

Does the EPBD 2025 ban on new govt financial incentives for stand alone fossil fuel boilers cover Energy Efficiency Obligations? (am comparing to UK where our EEO certainly supports gas boilers)? Looked at great new BPIE Buildings EU guide but doesn't go to that detail.

6. Lastly, the mixed tenure rules have been relaxed. In a mixed-tenure block, the % of homes needing to be SRS has been reduced from 50% in wave 2 to 30% (although with conditions). Eligible non-SRS homes also no longer need to provide a financial contribution.

Ordinary people whose lives are still pulled apart because their homes remain unsafe; 7 years after Grenfell fire. Unless it affects you or someone you love you may think it is sorted. It is not.

How can this #sustainable finance guide drive the $35 trillion needed to reach #netzero? 📺BRE CEO Gillian Charlesworth, Deputy CEO Jane Goddard, Green Building Council of Australia CEO Davina Rooney & USGBC CEO Peter Templeton discuss the guide at its recent launch event. Download here: bregroup.com/news/global-gr…

This is a major national energy policy failure and rapid action is needed. Undoubtedly this will also be a red in the Climate Change Committee's annual progress report later this year.

GBH? Armed robbery? Attempted murder? Possession of an assault rifle? No. These peaceful Just Stop Oil protestors have received the longest ever sentences for non-violent protest - a combined total of 21 years. The truth, the whole truth and nothing but - cannot exclude the

I am hugely pro-abolition of leasehold but I get the sense from reading a lot of stuff on here that leaseholders think that service charges and painfully large bills for maintenance/repair would go away if leasehold were abolished and....I think they'll be disappointed

making sure retrofit people have seen the govts NPPF planning consultation, closes today - proposes more than doubling household planning fee. AFAICS will affect any situation where no PDR - EG where 2 external a2a heat pump units are needed or window replacement on flats.