The demand for social housing grows ever more acute. Registered Providers face increasing challenges both in the delivery of new housing and the maintenance and upgrading of their existing stock.
Our social housing team draws on decades of experience advising both private and public sector clients and is therefore exceptionally well placed to assist Registered Providers in meeting these challenges.
We have acted for many affordable housing providers throughout England and Wales including all members of the G15 and advise on a full range of real estate matters including property development and acquisition, disposal programmes, intragroup transfers and stock swaps.
We also have enormous experience advising Registered Providers on the property charging aspects required to secure a broad range of financial transactions including loan facilities and capital markets products such as bond issues and private placements.
The social housing team also advise Registered Providers across a wide range of construction, corporate, employment, housing management and procurement matters.
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28 March 2025
On 11 March 2025, the Government introduced the Planning and Infrastructure Bill into Parliament with a promise to speed up planning decisions and ‘get Britain building’. Sharpe Pritchard’s Planning and Parliamentary team have been analysing the likely implications of the Bill in recent weeks. In the latest article of this series, we focus on Spatial…
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2025 will be a year of significant change for the social housing sector. Some changes are welcome: new funding for registered providers promised in the October budget by way of rent increase powers, and cash injections for new affordable homes offer a welcome boost at a time of financial pressure. Registered providers will also, however,…
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