DCLG hits back at Rics accusations on Hips

The Rics filed the request with the government on Monday after claiming to have presented the DCLG with “a range of options” which would build on existing qualifications and regulatory regimes for home inspectors to which it said the government had failed to respond. It has also accused the government of not publishing the criteria for the approval process for home inspection certification schemes despite already approving the first scheme to be run by Sava. Louis Armstrong, chief executive of the Rics, says: “Rics has voiced concerns over the transparency of the approval process and the ...