Emma Hardman

Partner

Partner in the housing management team

My role

I am a housing partner and lead the housing management and right to buy teams here at Anthony Collins Solicitors.

I advise landlords, primarily housing associations, on all housing management issues providing practical solutions to often complex scenarios. The work I do involves providing client training, including bespoke training, as well as speaking on the sector seminar circuit.

I also advise on the interpretation of leases in respect of obligations and rights in relation to fire safety, including replacement of front doors; and service charge recovery options, including issues relating to consultation and first-tier tribunal applications.

My experience

I am the co-author of the National Housing Federation ‘Service charges and rent charges: a guide for social housing landlords’ book. I was shortlisted for the Birmingham Law Society Pro Bono Awards in 2020/2021 for the pro bono work I delivered for West Midlands taskforce on homelessness.

‘Peter Hubbard, Baljit Basra and Emma Hardman stand out because they care and they go the extra mile.’ – Legal 500, 2022

My specialisms

Rents and service charges
Drafting, reviewing and enforcement of occupancy agreements
Management and service level agreements
Housing management policies and procedures
Supported housing

My insights

Renters' Rights Bill Hub April 14, 2025

As the Renters' Rights Bill (the Bill) continues its journey through Parliament, scheduled for Committee Stage in the House of Lords on...

Leasehold Reform – small steps now, huge steps in the future March 4, 2025

On 3 March 2025, changes in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 (LFRA 2024) intended to enable leaseholders to more easily...

Increase in Home Loss Payments - Wales February 6, 2025

Under the Land Compensation Act 1973 (the 1973 Act) a landlord may have to pay a resident a home loss payment if the resident is...

Leasehold reform... the changes start now January 31, 2025

From today (31 January 2025) leaseholders no longer need to have been a qualifying tenant for two years before exercising a right to...

Healthy Homes and Buildings December 11, 2024

Last night I attended the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Healthy Homes and Buildings roundtable debate discussing why building...

Is now the time for commonhold? July 18, 2024

On Monday morning, at the end of our Annual Service Charge Update webinar, I briefly spoke about potential future changes in the context...

Solving the housing crisis: every little helps May 9, 2024

We have a housing crisis. There is no doubt about it. There are not enough homes, and most definitely not enough affordable ones. The...

Rents reviews: extension of rent settlement April 8, 2024

It was all change for social housing providers whilst I was away last week, with the new consumer regulation regime coming into force...

Increase in home loss payments July 25, 2023

New regulations, the Home Loss Payments (Prescribed Amounts) (England) Regulations 2023, have been introduced that...

A focus on supported housing July 10, 2023

Over the past couple of weeks, there have been various publications regarding supported housing, that I thought would be helpful to...

Reflections from Housing 2023: Balance July 3, 2023

I spent last week at Housing 2023 attending the Women in Housing and Housing Heroes awards through to the closing address from the CIH...

Renters (Reform) Bill: Rent reviews but not as we know them May 23, 2023

The Renters (Reform) Bill (the Bill) sets out the proposed fundamental changes to the assured/assured shorthold tenancy...

Renters Reform is (nearly) here May 19, 2023

After many years of discussion and consultation, the Renters (Reform) Bill was finally published yesterday. The fact that the publication...

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