Jessica Arczynski

Senior Associate, Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Jessica Arczynski is a Senior Associate at Trowers & Hamlins with a specialism in public sector affordable housing. Her main area of focus is grant funding for affordable homes and decarbonisation works, acting for central and local authorities (including the Greater London Authority) as well as registered providers and private entities. She has also advised widely on public sector development, regulation and governance, vires issues and corporate structuring (e.g. local housing companies and joint ventures). Jessica is also a non executive director of a London-based not for profit that supports equitable community development.

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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