Lawyers welcome new funding for social housing retrofit
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Banking and financial services
Specialist social housing lawyers have welcomed news that the National Wealth Fund (NWF) and two major UK banks have plans to release £1bn of funding to accelerate social housing retrofit in the UK.
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Bethan Evans
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Clarke Willmott acts on latest multi-million deal for client Orbit
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Clarke Willmott has acted on a second shared ownership tenanted transaction deal between Residential Secure Income plc (ReSI) and social housing provider Orbit.
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Restrictive covenants – lessons learnt from Alexander Devine Children’s Trust v Housing Solutions Ltd [2020] UKSC 45
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Restrictive covenants often dictate the use of land and can range from restricting the size and type of the development to, at worst, preventing it entirely.
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Housing Law Update – The Court of Appeal provide guidance on the penalties for breaching an Anti-Social Behaviour Injunction
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In July 2020, the Civil Justice Council produced a report which highlighted several inconsistencies in the way the County Courts dealt with sentencing for breach of injunctions made under the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014.
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Key changes following draft clauses in the Social Housing (Regeneration) Bill
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The Charter for Social Housing Residents set out a number of proposals in relation to safety, improving the tenant experience and developing the landlord regulation regime.
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New housing management partner for Clarke Willmott
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Social housing providers
Neelam Sharma joins the firm’s Birmingham office and will be supporting Head of Housing Management and Co-Head of Social Housing, Lindsay Felstead, in her work with regional and national Housing Providers.
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Neelam Sharma
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