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IPHAS is a voluntary organisation offering advice and information to anyone contemplating Mobile/Park Home Living or is already living on a residential mobile home park in England, Wales, and Scotland.

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UK GOVERNMENT ENERGY BILLS SUPPORT SCHEME – UPDATE

1st August 2022

Dear fellow Members, You will no doubt be aware from earlier posts on the subject, that IPHAS is in dialogue with AGE UK, seeking clarity on how the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS), is to be delivered to your good selves, particularly those who do not have a direct

UK GOVERNMENT ENERGY BILLS SUPPORT SCHEME

12th July 2022

Dear Fellow Members, Many of you have been in contact with our Advisory Services Team, seeking advice about how you will receive the promised £400 energy relief package, promised to be ‘delivered to every home’, by the Prime Minister. If you purchase your energy from a supplier in the domestic market,

Important Announcement

17th June 2022

Dear Members and Park Home Owners, Last year the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, commissioned the University of Liverpool, assisted by Hallam University, Sheffield, to carry out research to gather data to enable an assessment to be made of impacts on the sector of a change to the

Letter to members

9th June 2022

INTRODUCTION Dear Fellow Members, I am delighted to introduce our new user-friendly website! We see this new, contemporary version as being YOUR website and as such, is very much a work in progress. We are keen for you to have ready access to the latest Posts, so please let us

ENERGY STATEMENT FROM BEIS

13th April 2022

Dear Mr Pye, Thank you for your letter of 21st March, about the challenges facing Park Home residents in terms of their energy contracts. The Secretary of State is grateful to you for having taken the time to write. I have been asked to respond on his behalf. We recognise

PARK HOME OWNERS’ JUSTICE CAMPAIGN

5th April 2022

UPDATE ON THE 10% Commission Charge and RPI to CPI increase to your pitch fee. Many thanks for sending the letters to Sir Keir Starmer, Sir Ed Davey and your MP. It may not seem as though anything is happening – but you are keeping up the pressure, which is

DEPARTMENT FOR HOUSING AND REGENERATION

1st April 2022

WELSH GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT FOR HOUSING AND REGENERATION 30th March 2022 In March 2019, Julie James MS, Minister for Climate Change, decided not to implement the decision to change the maximum commission rate from the sale of a residential park home, but to reconsider the matter afresh. However, the outbreak of

LATEST MESSAGE FROM SONIA McCOLL OBE – PARK HOMEOWNERS JUSTICE CAMPAIGN

23rd March 2022

The Private Members Bill sponsored by APPG Chairman, Sir Christopher Chope OBE MP, is now due to receive its second reading in the House of Commons, on 6th May 2022. Dear Justice Campaign Supporter. Today, Sir Christopher Chope OBE, again tried to get a second reading of his Private Members Bill

ENERGY SUPPLY CRISIS AND POWER OUTAGE ISSUES

23rd March 2022

If you are a Park Home Resident without a direct supply contract with an energy supply company, or recently you have had a claim for compensation for a power outage rejected by an energy supply company. ISSUES ARISING FROM THE SUPPLY OF ENERGY TO PARK HOMEOWNERS In 2021, the Government

RPI/CPI

2021	CPI	RPI
JANUARY	0.7	1.4
FEBRUARY	0.4	1.4
MARCH	0.7	1.5
APRIL	1.5	2.9
MAY	2.1	3.3
JUNE	2.5	3.9
JULY	2.0	3.8
AUGUST	3.2	4.8
SEPTEMBER	3.1	4.9
OCTOBER	4.2	6.0
NOVEMBER	5.1	7.1
DECEMBER	5.4	7.5
2022
JANUARY	5.5	7.8
FEBRUARY	6.2	8.2
MARCH	7.0	9.0
APRIL	9.0	11.1
MAY	9.1	11.7
JUNE	9.4	11.8

Advising residents of their rights when dealing with their park owners.

Our team members are residents who have studied the legislation relating to mobile homes, and work with Government to promote and review changes in that legislation. Our team members have many years’ experiences advising residents of their rights when dealing with their park owners.

MEMBERSHIP

Membership of IPHAS is open to all occupiers of a Mobile/Park Home on a protected Residential site in England, Wales or, Scotland. We also welcome applications from other parties interested in the park home lifestyle, and those who support IPHAS aims and objectives.

The ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP fee is £6.00 PER HOME.

However, some parks with a minimum of five households with IPHAS membership, have a BLOCK MEMBERSHIP SCHEME managed by an onsite DISTRIBUTOR. This individual is a volunteer, willing to act as a point of contact between IPHAS and other members onsite.

The ANNUAL FEE for those members forming a BLOCK REGISTRATION is only £5 PER HOME