Nez Zein
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.
Practice Area
Panel
- Welsh Panel
Qualified Year
- 2017
Membership
- Law Society
Qualification
- BA (Hons) (2012)
Education
- Durham University (2009-2012)
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PRACTICE NOTES
Affordable housing grant and subsidy in England: Homes England/GLA programmes, Subsidy Control Act 2022, HRA 2008 protections, planning and section 106
What is grant funding/public subsidy for affordable housing?
Affordable housing grants have been around for many years, but a structured capital funding framework designed to underpin affordable housing delivery only truly took hold from the 1980s with the coming into force of the Housing Act 1988 (HA 1988). Initially confined to housing associations, grant support described as ‘social housing assistance’ is now open to a broader category of beneficiaries (see Who can apply for grant funding/public subsidy for affordable housing? below), and responsibility for the regime’s operation is split between the Homes and Communities Agency (trading as Homes England) and the Greater London Authority (the GLA). Although other public bodies (such as local authorities and combined authorities) may exercise grant-awarding functions, this Practice Note concentrates on the grant regime administered by Homes England and the GLA and on the provision of social housing assistance. In this context, any reference to grants in this Practice Note is a reference to social housing assistance made available through the government-sponsored Affordable Homes Programme (see the paragraph beginning ‘The main funders in England’ below)...
Planning
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