Louise Marin-Bataller shares her thoughts on ‘Plugging the affordability gap’ with Property Week

In Property Week’s article titled ‘Plugging the affordability gap’, Louise Marin-Bataller from our Commercial Real Estate team shares her thoughts on social rented homes.

Louise Marin-Bataller, senior associate and property specialist at law firm Forsters, calls for an increased focus on provision of homes for tenants. “If the provision of social rented accommodation was increased significantly, this would take many more people away from the complicated elements of the affordable sector,” she says.

“Providing sufficient volumes of accommodation with a rent of 50% market value is going to require significant funding from central and local government. But with the Affordable Homes Programme allocating £11.5bn of funding from 2021 to 2026, and prioritising social rent, this should help registered providers increase supply.”

Read the full article, and hear the thoughts of other industry experts, on Property Week’s website here.