The professional body
for the property sector

The UK Government has responded to the Older People’s Housing Taskforce report, setting out its approach to improving housing choice in England. Published on 10 November 2026, the response promises a wider roadmap within the next year. We have long called for a joined-up approach that helps older people find suitable, affordable homes or adapt their existing property.

We have called for housing and local market evidence to shape Wales’s long-term development plans in our response to the consultation on updates to the National Development Framework, which guides how places, infrastructure, and natural resources are planned and managed.

More than three million leaseholders in England are set to gain stronger rights to understand and challenge service charges from April 2027. The UK Government has announced a phased timetable for reforms which will affect how landlords and managing agents provide information, explain insurance costs and handle legal expenses.