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Social Housing

Stones has been active in the Social Housing field for over twenty five years. We act for Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) throughout the South of England. Our expertise in Social Housing has been recognised by the two leading independent guides to the legal profession, the Chambers Guide and Legal 500.

Chambers UK 2008 states:

"Prompt responses and extreme thoroughness lie behind the success [of the team]"

Chambers UK 2009:

Nick Dyer is the head of the practice and a familiar figure within the sector, whom sources highlight as "a super lawyer and safe pair of hands."

Legal 500 2008:

The ‘ detailed and prompt' team at Stones is led by Nick Dyer. It acts for several major RSLs, and is dedicated to non-contentious social housing work

The Team is “well informed with regard to the needs of both the Social Housing sector and a commercial business” (Charter (SW) Ltd)

Our Team of dedicated Social Housing specialists are approachable and experienced. We deliver a cost-effective quality service and work with our clients to achieve practical and innovative solutions.

We have experience in all major areas of legal work of interest to Social Landlords including:

  • Site acquisition and development and ancillary matters such as Section 106 Planning Agreements and other planning issues, Easements, Road and Sewer Agreements etc.
  • Complex projects
  • Shared Ownership Schemes
  • Management agreements with other RSLs, care providers and charities
  • ASBOs and possession cases
  • Landlord and tenant matters.
  • Residential and business leases
  • Agreements with Health Authorities / trusts relating to the transfer, leasing and/or management of care homes and the related funding arrangements
  • loan facility agreements and the charging of completed housing schemes
  • leasehold schemes for the elderly, schemes for those with learning disabilities and other special needs schemes
  • construction issues (contentious and non contentious)
  • right to buy / acquire
  • debt recovery.

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