Related insights: Social Housing
Womble Bond Dickinson announces key appointment strengthening residential expertise
16 Apr 2024
International law firm Womble Bond Dickinson (WBD) has announced the appointment of Julia Thomson as a Partner to enhance its delivery of high quality social housing and housebuilding support. With a distinguished 25-year career advising across the living sector, Julia brings a wealth of expertise to the firm, particularly in complex residential projects, acquisitions for development and management of all other aspects of the development process.
Key takeaways from the Social Housing Act
28 Jul 2023
Although the new Social Housing Act does not specifically target the construction sector, it will indirectly impact it due to the enhanced compliance requirements that will be placed on providers of affordable housing, writes Ben Brooks.
MMC can be scalable and profitable whilst delivering social value
01 Dec 2021
Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) is badged as the sector's opportunity to cultivate a more sustainable future - both financially, with faster capital release and the driving down of costs, and environmentally, supporting the race to carbon-free living. However, significant barriers to creating viable, scalable, and tangible growth projects still remain.
COVID-19 - residential tenancies: new prescribed notices
27 Mar 2020
Swiftly on the heels of the Coronavirus Act 2020 coming in to law on 26 March 2020 - which extends the statutory notice period to three months for most (but not all) types of tenancy agreements, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has now released updated versions of the prescribed forms of statutory notice that landlords and property managers must be using when intending to seek possession. These amended forms of notice must now be used until 30 September 2020, or until the expiry of any extension to this period
Government set to trial binding reservation agreements
19 Nov 2019
The Government has been considering implementing binding reservation agreements in conveyancing transactions and have now decided to proceed to a trial phase.
Housing for the Many
01 Nov 2019
Labour's green paper 'Housing for the Many' was issued back in April 2018. It sets out Labour's plan to change the country's approach to affordable housing as part of a new national mission to solve the country's housing crisis. The promises include a commitment to one million new genuinely affordable homes over a 10 year period.
Plymouth Community Homes appoints WBD
13 Sep 2018
WBD has been re-appointed to the legal panel for Plymouth Community Homes (PCH), Plymouth’s largest social housing landlord.
WBD, which has been working with PCH for the past eight years, has been appointed to provide legal expertise across a wide range of areas including governance, development, finance, procurement, housing and employment. The appointment will be for a period of four years.
WBD, which has been working with PCH for the past eight years, has been appointed to provide legal expertise across a wide range of areas including governance, development, finance, procurement, housing and employment. The appointment will be for a period of four years.
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