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- Kamma Rogue Landlord Roundup: June 2022
  In the last couple of months there’s been a steady increase in Rent Repayment Orders, or RROs across the UK. Major news publications including the Sun are starting to pick up on stories about tenants that are applying for RROs and spreading awareness about tenants rights to apply for RROs – at the same time, […]
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Kamma Rogue Landlord Roundup: May 2022
We have seen some record breaking fines now in May, including a £300,000 fine handed out to a rogue landlord in Southwark. But it’s not just landlords that are getting fined, property managers all over the country are also experiencing increases in fines of non compliance… At Kamma, we understand that property licensing is complex, […]
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Fuel poverty hits the Private Rented Sector the hardest: Over 2.3 million PRS households could be in fuel poverty by the end of the year
Fuel poverty could hit 42% of Private Rented Sector households as it is expected to more than double in England Unequal support across sectors has helped the social housing sector to more than halve fuel poverty (pre-crisis), the PRS by only a third The UK government could reduce fuel poverty by 56.6%, if they spend […]
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Kamma Rogue Landlord Roundup: April 2022
Total fines for letting agents and landlords in London have now surpassed £7.5 million for the first time ever. Not only are we seeing a big increase in fines handed out to landlords and agents, April has also been a record month for property licensing in the private rented sector with several new licensing schemes. […]
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4 steps to Net Zero for the UK Housing Sector – Efficient Homes
2: Efficient Homes (Fabric First Upgrades) This is the second in a series of four insightful, evidence-based articles focused on steps to achieving Net Zero for the UK property sector. As a world-leading geospatial technology company and creator of the country’s most advanced dataset on residential carbon emissions, we at Kamma have charted the legislative […]
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4 steps to Net Zero for the UK Housing Sector – Energy Efficient Devices
1: Energy Efficient Devices This marks the first in a series of four insightful, evidence-based articles focused on steps to achieving Net Zero for the UK property sector. As a world-leading geospatial technology company and creator of the country’s most advanced dataset on residential carbon emissions, we at Kamma have charted the legislative journey to […]
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Kamma Rogue Landlord Roundup: February 2022
This month Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London, announced a plan to train more Private Rented Sector enforcement officers to help tackle a lack of inspections from councils, which has led to many landlords getting away with letting out potentially hazardous properties. The Mayor is also calling for a system where tenants have greater capacity to […]
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4 Steps to Net Zero for the UK Housing Sector – 1: Efficient Devices
This marks the first in a series of four insightful, evidence-based articles focused on steps to achieving Net Zero for the UK property sector. As a world-leading geospatial technology company and creator of the country’s most advanced dataset on residential carbon emissions, we at Kamma have charted the legislative journey to Net Zero in 2050 […]
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Kamma – Sky News’ Daily Climate Show
On Friday the 28th of January 2022, Kamma was invited to speak at Sky News’ Daily Climate Show to discuss our energy efficiency analysis of the UK housing sector. In January, we launched Property Zero: The path to carbon neutrality for UK homes, an interactive data site displaying how a lack of energy efficiency measures […]
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Property Zero: The Path to Carbon Neutrality for UK Housing
Why have we launched this site? We believe that Net Zero can be made possible through both public and private sector financing. We believe that improving energy efficiency and decentralising electricity allows individuals to keep their bills low. We believe that a path to Property Zero: carbon neutrality for UK housing is possible by 2050. […]
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2026 could be the toughest year on record for letting agents
Why agents need to prepare now. The UK residential property sector contributes to 22% of all UK emissions. With COP26 just a few weeks away, there is a huge amount in the legislative pipeline designed to tackle this problem. Earlier this year the government passed the first reading of the Minimum Energy Efficiency of Buildings […]
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A MEEStake waiting to happen
Passing on the cost of the Bill: New government policy could hand landlords a £29 billion energy efficiency cost, little support, and easy ways to avoid it The path to Net Zero for UK property demands a switch to renewable sources and a substantial increase in energy efficiency. As many properties as possible need to […]
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Croydon scheme rejected: no licensing without proper enforcement?
The Croydon licensing scheme rejection sends a clear message to local authorities. Earlier this month, Croydon Council was dealt a heavy blow by the Secretary of State of Housing, Robert Jenrick, after their application to extend a borough-wide Selective licensing was firmly rejected. The final decision came after a long wait for the council, whose […]
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What are Rent Repayment Orders?
Earlier this month university student, Megan Cole, won a Rent Repayment Order (RRO) hearing against their landlord and managed to successfully claim back a whole year’s worth of rent – a total of almost £35,000 shared amongst all 8 tenants. Following the hearing, Megan drew from her experiences and even wrote her dissertation on the […]
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How Selective Licensing in Whitechapel saved lives
Just a few weeks ago, a potentially fatal blaze broke out in a large tower block in Whitechapel. The fire began in a seventh-floor flat on Sidney Street and gutted the inside of the kitchen. Thankfully, the flat’s tenants were able to get out unharmed and the fire was controlled by fast-arriving emergency fire crews, […]
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Why Camden have renewed their Additional HMO Scheme
After much discussion and public opinion, the Camden Council cabinet passed their proposal to renew their additional HMO licensing scheme for another 5 years. This decision comes after the cabinet received over a thousand public responses, with about two-thirds of the responses in agreement with the renewal of the additional housing scheme (80% of private […]
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How the Coronavirus is disrupting UK property licensing
The outbreak of the Coronavirus is having wide-reaching implications for the private rented sector. Businesses, landlords and local councils have been forced to adapt in order to protect public health during this pandemic. Most notably, we have seen a number of local authorities across the country make changes to their introduction or enforcement of HMO […]
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- Webinar: Kickstarting your Property Zero Strategy – Mortgage lenders
  On the 24th of February Kamma hosted a webinar for mortgage lenders and housing providers covering topic including: The Path to Net Zero (or as we like to call it – Property Zero) for UK Homes New regulatory responsibilities and risks for large portfolio owners Cost-effective ways to support tenants to reduce heating bills […]
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