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  Property licensing update: May 2022

  At Kamma we care about cutting through the noise and giving you the latest news and updates on property licensing. Each month, we give you a full rundown of the latest scheme announcements and property licensing news in the Kamma Property Licensing Update. Total fines for letting agents and landlords in London have now surpassed […]

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  PRS left behind by lack of support on fuel poverty

  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 their £9.1bn […]

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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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  Property licensing update: April 2022

  At Kamma we care about cutting through the noise and giving you the latest news and updates on property licensing. Each month, we give you a full rundown of the latest scheme announcements and property licensing news in the Kamma Property Licensing Update. The start of the year has turned out to be a game […]

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  Seizing the £3 billion opportunity

  Kamma estimated that around 2.9 million PRS properties will need to be improved to reach MEES C by 2025 for a whopping total of £29 billion. This challenge for landlords creates a new way to provide an improved service for agents, with just a 10% referral fee creating a £3bn market for those able to […]

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  Kamma Rogue Landlord Roundup: March 2022

  This month the government announced that, as a part of its ongoing mission to reform the Private Rented Sector, ministers are now set to ‘name and shame’ failing landlords both on the Government’s website and social media channels. The government will highlight poor practice by landlords and will include published findings by the Housing Ombudsman […]

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  4 steps to Net Zero for the UK Housing Sector – Decarbonisation of Heating

  4 Steps to Net Zero for the UK Housing Sector – 4: Decarbonisation of Heating This is the fourth and final 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 […]

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  4 steps to Net Zero for the UK Housing Sector – Decarbonisation of Electricity

  3: Decarbonisation of Electricity This is the third 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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  Property licensing update: March 2022

  At Kamma we care about cutting through the noise and giving you the latest news and updates on property licensing. Each month, we give you a full rundown of the latest scheme announcements and property licensing news in the Kamma Property Licensing Update. We’ve had a record breaking start to the year when it comes […]

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  Don’t be an April fool. Record month for property licensing schemes.

  Last year we reported that a new property licensing scheme or consultation was launched, on average, every 8 days across the country, with data suggesting a continued push in licensing and enforcement into 2022. Local councils all over the country are starting to realise the benefits that licensing can bring both in terms of improving […]

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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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  Webinar: Kickstarting your Property Zero strategy – Housing associations

  On the 23rd of February Kamma hosted a webinar for housing associations 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 (as part of […]

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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 licensing update: February 2022

  At Kamma we care about cutting through the noise and giving you the latest news and updates on property licensing. Each month, we give you a full rundown of the latest scheme announcements and property licensing news in the Kamma Property Licensing Update. This year has already seen a flurry of activity as many councils […]

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