Social Housing

The supply of new affordable housing continues to be high on the Government's agenda. Consequently, the sector faces a number of challenges from establishing 'mega associations', streamlining procurement and housing management, delivering the building programme and working with the private sector, to bringing housing stock up to the 'decent homes' standard.

Our social housing team frequently performs specialist work for the Housing Corporation, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Audit Commission, the National Audit Office and the National Housing Federation. Our network of contacts with other social housing service providers also enables us to draw in external specialist resources in legal, training and other specialisms when required.

We offer solutions and advice in the following service areas: external audit; taxation compliance; performance reporting systems; business plan validations; development partnering reviews; grant claim verification; forensic investigations; business risk services including internal audit, governance and technology risk management, group structures; corporate finance and mergers; strategic and business planning; project finance and debt advisory, providing advice on all aspects of the PFI/PPP process; pensions; and dispute resolution.

For further details of our service, please call Arthur Merchant, National Head of Social Housing, on +44 (0)20 7865 2472, or email arthur.merchant@gtuk.com.