Affordable and Social Housing
A dedicated team
Finding practical and realistic solutions to the ever increasing imbalance between the supply and demand for affordable and social housing, in a world of unprecedented social, political and economic uncertainty, presents significant challenges. Our affordable and social housing lawyers have the experience, expertise and full sector immersion to help you navigate these turbulent waters.
At the heart of our multi-disciplinary affordable housing practice is a team of specialist real estate lawyers who bring the extensive experience and knowhow of the firm's market leading real estate development and investment practice to the highly specialised and regulated world of affordable and social housing.
Whether you're a traditional housing association, a for profit registered provider, an investor or a lender, we've got you covered. We'll take the time to build a long-term partnership with you to get you where you want to be.
With you from start to finish
Working as an extension of your team, we offer support at all stages of the development and investment life cycle, from initial acquisition through to disposal or long term retention and management.
Our dedicated real estate team is backed up by strength in depth expertise in social housing finance, corporate and governance, employment and pensions, health and safety, housing management, tax, construction, building safety, planning and environmental, commercial contracts and outsourcing and dispute resolution.
We have specialists advising across the full remit of living sectors, including build to rent, student housing, co-living and senior living as well as in health and social care. Our shared technical excellence and market insight across these areas, combined with our full service delivery, sets us apart from traditional social housing firms.
How we can help
We take a multi-disciplinary approach to legal advice on affordable housing which means that we truly can, and do, deliver a full service. Our clients rely not only on our technical excellence and decades of experience in real estate development and investment, but also on our ability to support in all other areas of their business.
Real estate
Social housing finance
Corporate, tax and governance
Employment and pensions
Dispute resolution, health and safety and housing management
Construction and building safety
Planning and environmental
Commercial
My experience of working with Gowlings has been excellent, they managed to really get under the skin of our project, becoming a collaborative part of our wider team. They have drawn upon a number of different specialisms whilst giving us a one stop service. Their advice is always clear and have a great way of providing detailed explanations on some more technical matters!
Social housing client
My experience of working with Gowlings has been excellent, they managed to really get under the skin of our project, becoming a collaborative part of our wider team. They have drawn upon a number of different specialisms whilst giving us a one stop service. Their advice is always clear and have a great way of providing detailed explanations on some more technical matters!
Social housing client
My experience of working with Gowlings has been excellent, they managed to really get under the skin of our project, becoming a collaborative part of our wider team. They have drawn upon a number of different specialisms whilst giving us a one stop service. Their advice is always clear and have a great way of providing detailed explanations on some more technical matters!
Social housing client
Client work
L&G Affordable Homes
L&G Affordable Homes
L&G Affordable Homes
L&G Affordable Homes
Sanctuary Housing
Sanctuary Housing
Social Housing REIT Plc
Social Housing REIT Plc
Hyde Group
Hyde Group
