Monday, 29 June 2015

‘One-Stop Shop’ To Build PRS Homes

A UK institutional investor has joined with a construction giant and a property management company to build 2,000 private rented homes a year for local authorities. Legal & General Investment Management, Laing O’Rourke and Touchstone, the lettings management company owned by housing association Places for People have come together to set up a ‘one-stop shop’ for local authorities with land to develop. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding and will offer councils at least £200m a year of investment into, and the development and management of, build-to-let homes. Under the model, which is described as a ‘strategic alliance’ rather than a formal joint venture, councils lease land to L&G which will then fund Laing O’Rourke to carry out the construction of the homes. Read more on Inside Housing.

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