Nez Zein

Senior Associate, Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Nez, a Senior Associate at Trowers & Hamlins, trained and qualified into the Real Estate team of the firm in April 2017. Since then, he has advised on grant funding programmes for the delivery of housing and infrastructure across England including for the Greater London Authority. Nez has also advised on large scale developments, joint venture arrangements and regeneration schemes both with private sector and public sector bodies.

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Affordable housing grant funding

Practice Notes

This Practice Note provides guidance on the grant regime in the form of social housing assistance made available through the government sponsored Affordable Homes Programme operated by Homes England and the Greater London Authority. It covers: the meaning of grant funding/public subsidy for affordable housing; what it can consist of; sources of grant funding; who can apply; development eligible for affordable housing grant funding; the application process to obtain grant funding/public subsidy; how funding is secured and documented; how it is dealt with in planning policy; and how affordable housing obligations in section 106 agreements tie in with grant agreements.

Planning