Social Housing

We work collaboratively with you and your partners to deliver successful affordable housing schemes within your required timescales.

Affordable housing is a key part of our housing system. We help you to navigate what can be a complex legal framework, ensuring your projects progress as smoothly as possible.

We are proud of the reputation we have built over the years for providing: 

• A bespoke service, tailored to your needs
• Innovative and practical legal solutions
• A strong working relationship
• Specialist knowledge
• Transparent fees and fixed fees for ongoing support with our Housing Advisory Service.

Our social housing solicitors advise clients across the UK, from large regional providers to small rural schemes. We deal with all aspects of social housing law, including:  

• Buying and developing sites (s.106 schemes and land led) – including site acquisition, joint ventures and site set up
• Property transactions – including right to buy, shared ownership leases, Help to Buy and leasehold enfranchisement
• Financing and secured lending – including portfolio financing, mergers and stock rationalisation
• Housing management – including anti-social behaviour, disrepair, tenancy arrears and repossession

We also draw on the expertise of teams across the firm to provide specialist advice on a whole host of areas including employment law, planning and construction and property litigation, as well as charity law and governance, and data protection.