UK, Student Housing

London Leads in Affordable PBSA: What's Next for the Rest of England?

Jones Day on 6/24/2025

London boroughs are implementing the London Plan's requirements for affordable Purpose-Built Student Accommodation ("PBSA") in varied ways, with some setting stricter or additional criteria....more

Purpose Built Student Accommodation and the Renters’ Rights Bill: Where Are We Now?

Mayer Brown on 5/16/2025

As the Renters’ Rights Bill (the "Bill") makes its way through the Committee Stage of the House of Lords, its implications for student accommodation have emerged as one of the more technically difficult areas to address....more

Longer Leases, Lower Ground Rents and Leasehold Liberation: Residential Reforms in the King’s Speech Explained

BCLP on 11/15/2023

The King’s speech announced a new Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill ‘to reform the housing market by making it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to purchase their freehold and tackling the exploitation of millions of...more

Rent Guarantees in Purpose-Built Student Accommodation: Avoiding the Pitfalls

BCLP on 3/23/2021

The last year has seen purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) confronted by a stream of challenges in the face of the pandemic. We look at how the use of short-term income guarantees, usually seen in forward funding...more

A new revolution in Housing Law

BCLP on 7/31/2019

Government announced in April 2019 that it would be abolishing section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 which gives Landlords the right to reclaim possession through no fault of the Tenants - so called ‘no fault’ repossessions...more

Real Estate Horizons: The Power of the Brand

Hogan Lovells on 4/10/2019

Real Estate Horizons is a snapshot of key legal topics and market trends across the globe. This post higlights the importance of IP rights in this sector. With property developments increasingly focusing on experience and...more

When Do Defects Prevent Practical Completion?

White & Case LLP on 4/6/2019

Practical completion represents the physical completion of works on construction projects. Despite its importance, it is not a legal term of art, and whether or not practical completion has been achieved requires...more

'Easier to recognise than define' - English Court of Appeal considers "practical completion" for the first time in fifty years

Hogan Lovells on 4/4/2019

The Court of Appeal in Mears Limited v Costplan Services (South East) Limited & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 502, in a judgment published on 29 March 2019, has considered the meaning of "practical completion" in an authoritative...more

Ten Takeaways from The Student Accommodation Conference 2018

Hogan Lovells on 12/19/2018

It was great to see lots of familiar faces at Property Week’s 2018 Student Accommodation Conference. There was a packed agenda with four different “streams” to choose from – and smart tech talks in the coffee breaks....more

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