Care Providers, CQC and Property Standards

How the sector is regulated and what you are responsible for

Supported living is legally several separate relationships stacked together, and most mistakes in the sector come from investors who did not see them all clearly. This book explains the parties, who regulates what, how the money is justified, and a worked illustration of the money flow. It covers planning and use class, HMO licensing and the oversight of registered providers. The contracts chapter sets out what your lease to the provider must contain, the agreements that stand behind you and a trap to recognise, with two leases compared side by side. You will see which safety duties remain yours despite the provider in between, including the heightened duty owed to vulnerable occupants, and the specialist tax points a general accountant may not know. A checklist covers buying, completion and holding, and the final chapter sets out in numbers what failure costs. The book is clear that this is the strategy where going it alone is most likely to be expensive. Next in this series: “A Supported Living Portfolio”.

What’s inside

• The legal framework in plain English
• Permissions, licensing and planning
• The contracts, and what must be inside them
• Insurance, safety and your legal duties
• Tax treatment and choosing a structure
• Your compliance checklist
• Getting this wrong: what it actually costs

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