Development, Regeneration and Home Ownership
The team, providing Development, Regeneration and Home Ownership services, is part of our wider Housing and Regeneration Group.
More about Development, Regeneration and Home Ownership
First and foremost we are specialists, a specialist team providing a first class service to registered providers of social housing (housing associations) and ALMOs in connection with their development of newbuild homes, asset management, home ownership and leasehold services.
Our team works with housing providers nationally and provides advice and legal services in connection with:
Site acquisitions
Development agreements
S106 agreements
Infrastructure agreements
Utility easements
Shared ownership set up and sales
Collateral warranties
JCT Contracts
Open market sales
Supported housing
Management and service level agreements
Nomination agreements
Commercial property leases and associated documents
Right to buy and right to acquire
Stock transfers
Property disposals and acquisitions
Garden tenancies/disposals and licences
Finance, securitisation and charging
Our team works with housing providers nationally and provides advice and legal services in connection with:
Site acquisitions
Development agreements
S106 agreements
Infrastructure agreements
Utility easements
Shared ownership set up and sales
Collateral warranties
JCT Contracts
Open market sales
Supported housing
Management and service level agreements
Nomination agreements
Commercial property leases and associated documents
Right to buy and right to acquire
Stock transfers
Property disposals and acquisitions
Garden tenancies/disposals and licences
Finance, securitisation and charging
Our team is recognised in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as being leaders in the sector.
We regularly hold and speak at housing seminars, conferences and forums and write for the housing press.
We provide bespoke training for our clients and the housing sector to develop their teams' skills and knowledge base.
Our high calibre lawyers are solution focused and provide a cost effective, flexible and value for money service for your organisation.
Our specialism, partnership approach, "one-stop-shop" service, size of our team, quality of our lawyers and value for money approach is what differentiates us from our competitors.
Our team is recognised in Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as being leaders in the sector.
We regularly hold and speak at housing seminars, conferences and forums and write for the housing press.
We provide bespoke training for our clients and the housing sector to develop their teams' skills and knowledge base.
Our high calibre lawyers are solution focused and provide a cost effective, flexible and value for money service for your organisation.
Our specialism, partnership approach, "one-stop-shop" service, size of our team, quality of our lawyers and value for money approach is what differentiates us from our competitors.
We find that Forbes have a wealth of experience in all elements of our housing management needs.
Chambers 2024
Not only did Forbes handle complex and sophisticated matters greatly, they also explained these in a way which was understandable and comprehendible.
Chambers 2024
The firm is always very responsive and the service is excellent.
Chambers 2024
Forbes are involved in a number of schemes where we purchase ‘off the shelf’ Section 106 developments, and where the timescales are short between exchanging contracts with the developer and build completion of the first affordable units. Forbes always work to our timescales for the drafting of the Shared Ownership lease and setting up the conveyancing.
Legal 500 2024
Forbes is a well known legal practice within our social housing sector. Having worked with many other legal practices, I view their success is down to their solid team work and communication. Always reasonable and adaptable to our business needs.
Legal 500 2024
You’ve supported me and my teams across different organisations amazingly for years.
Benjamin Mitchell, Head of Homeownership & Commercial Property, Incommunities Ltd
Recognition for our work
Recognition for our work
Our dedicated Housing & Regeneration team
Partner, Head of Housing and Regeneration (Property), Housing & Regeneration
Catherine Kennedy
Partner, Head of Housing and Regeneration (Litigation), Housing & Regeneration
Siobhan Hardy
Contact Us
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0800 689 0831 - Monday - Friday: 09:00 - 17:00
Please note that our offices will be closed from midday, Friday 20th December 2024
The offices will be open as usual on Monday 23rd December 2024.
The offices will then be closed from Tuesday 24th December through to Wednesday 1st January (inc), reopening as usual from 2nd January 2025.
The emergency contact number during this time is - 01772 220022 or 01254 675050.