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Urban development faces mounting challenges from housing shortages, aging infrastructure, and fragmented planning systems. A new report from the London Transport Museum's Interchange programme examines how transport-enabled development can unlock housing delivery, support economic growth, and create healthier, more connected cities through integrated approaches to planning and delivery.

A High Court judgment clarifies the scope of the implied covenant of fitness for human habitation under the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018, confirming that older case law remains authoritative and that a single defect can render an entire dwelling unfit. The decision provides crucial guidance on when landlords must remedy damp, mould, and structural defects, and significantly limits the availability of 'tenant lifestyle' defences.

However, Hoffman v Finalto confirms that transaction documents, signing protocols, non-reliance wording and disclosure letters can, in the right context, support an argument that warranty statements also operated...