Social Housing

Supporting you to achieve your commercial and social objectives

The Howes Percival team believes in providing real support to providers of social housing, in a collaborative partnership. Alongside transactional legal services, the team gets involved in developing policies, process mapping, and providing training to help your people and keep your operations focused on your goals.

As a firm we bring niche expertise in the social housing sector, combining commercial property knowledge with deep understanding of the specific legal and policy issues affecting this industry.

Clear sight of the changes ahead helps organisations prepare

The legal and regulatory environment surrounding social housing is a dynamic one and changes can have an effect quickly, unsettling the most organised of businesses. We are proactive in flagging upcoming policy changes and regulatory developments to help you understand how to react and minimise risk. The team is also able to respond to sudden changes, quickly and to offer more hands-on guidance and support if you need it.

We provide a comprehensive service for all registered providers of social housing and others working in the social housing sector

• Land acquisition
• Development agreements
• Option, pre-emption and overage agreements
• Construction advice
• S106 acquisitions
• Planning agreements and planning advice
• Nomination agreements
• Independent living schemes
• Affordable home ownership
• Right to buy and right to acquire
• Shared equity
• Shared ownership sales, staircasing and resales
• Housing management – nuisance, ASB, tenancy breaches, forfeiture
• Property disputes, including boundary issues and adverse possession
• Grant funding
• Security and loan finance
• Commercial contracts