Public sector investment

Assisting with income generation and investments to fund and sustain public sector projects. Delivering support with grant funding regimes, setting up and funding wholly owned housing companies and the creation of joint venture structures.

We have a wealth of expertise in setting up structures to deliver new ways of generating revenue, encouraging investment, exploring joint ventures with private sector partners, or funding alongside conventional private sector lending.

Our experts have considerable experience of advising on public sector funding and structures, including:

  • Investment funds to provide debt funding to private sector developers for housing and housing related infrastructure
  • Setting up and funding wholly owned housing companies
  • Creating joint venture structures to deliver capital and revenue returns in the public sector
  • Large-scale self-build housing projects
  • Investments to participate in delivery of strategically important assets
  • Grant funding regimes for housing and associated infrastructure, including those relating to recoverable grant and revolving funds
  • Bond issues (including social impact bond finance), loan agreements and security documents
  • State aid compliance We regularly deal with funding of complex transactions that need to be state aid compliant, tax efficient, robust and deliver what the client needs.

In brief

  • Raising money
  • Loan finance
  • Vanilla finance
  • Investment structures and vehicles
  • Bonds

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02 April 2026 | Author: Katharine Lewis

The National Housing Bank: a new force for housing delivery in England

The government's newly established National Housing Bank opened its doors on 31 March 2026 with up to £16 billion to invest and ambitions to unlock a further £50 billion of private capital. In this article Katharine Lewis takes a brief look at what you need to know.