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Tonia Secker

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Head of Real Estate at Trowers & Hamlins, Tonia's specialism lies in the Affordable Housing sector where she has advised on large scale regeneration projects, housing PPP and PFI projects internationally and domestically, housing outsourcing arrangements, joint ventures as well as advising grant giving agencies and authorities (including the Greater London Authority) of their grant funding programmes. Tonia is recognised by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 as a leading individual in the Social Housing context. She is also a NED of a London housing association.  

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 1993

Qualifications

  • LLB (Hons) (1990)
  • Law Society Finals Examination (1991)

Education

  • University of Sheffield (1987-1990)
  • College of Law (1990/91)

1 Contributions by Tonia Secker

Affordable housing grant and subsidy in England: Homes England/GLA programmes, Subsidy Control Act 2022, HRA 2008 protections, planning and section 106
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)...
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