Social Housing
Legal advice and supporting services to providers of affordable
housing for rent or shared ownership.
Affordable housing represents one of the most
important elements of national and local government policy in the
UK. For the various providers – housing associations, registered
charities, co-operatives and local councils – successful execution
of that policy depends on efficient handling of the numerous legal
issues involved.
As a registered social landlord, you need the
best legal advice and support available, and Weightmans’ Social
Housing team is here to provide it. We will help you manage your
responsibilities in the most effective way possible, so that your
time involvement is minimised and costly problems are avoided.
Our lengthy experience covers every aspect of
housing management, including disposals of surplus stock and stock
transfers. Housing providers such as Liverpool Housing Action Trust
and agencies such as Commission for the New Towns and English
Partnerships are among our clients.
We advise on every aspect of social housing,
both contentious
and
non-contentious, particularly the law relating to secure and
assured tenancies. We also provide a full service in the drafting
of tenancy agreements, including introductory and assured
short-term tenancies, and the formulation
of anti-social behaviour
policies.
Further areas of expertise include rent
increases for secure and assured tenancies, rent possession and
nuisance possession cases, injunctions relating to statutory
inspections, disposals of land held for housing purposes, land
transfers with grant aid and formulation of grant agreements.