As part of its strategy to support housing providers and communities across the North of England, Capsticks has secured an appointment to the Karbon Homes Legal Services Framework.

The framework is a collaboration between Karbon and four other northern housing providers – Gentoo Group, believe housing, Incommunities and Beyond Housing – that collectively manage over 150,000 homes across the North-East and Yorkshire.

The framework supports all five providers to access expertise across a broad range of legal services.

Commencing in October 2026 and running for an initial period of two years, with the option to extend for a further two years, under the framework Capsticks has been appointed to:

• Lot 1 – General Property/Real Estate and Conveyancing (Commercial and Residential)
• Lot 3 – Planning and Construction
• Lot 5 – Housing Law and Residential Landlord and Tenant (non-Commercial)
• Lot 6 – Governance, Regulation and Compliance

James Howard, Partner and Head of Housing & Regeneration at Capsticks, said:

We are delighted to have been appointed to this important framework supporting a group of leading housing providers across the North-East and Yorkshire.

This appointment reflects the breadth of our housing expertise and further strengthens our presence in the region. We look forward to working with framework members to support their strategic objectives and deliver positive outcomes for residents and communities.

Lead Contracting Authority, Karbon Homes, builds, manages and looks after affordable homes across the North-East of England and Yorkshire, with almost 35,000 homes across diverse communities. With a mission to ‘provide strong foundations for life’, Karbon supports people to find new affordable homes, access financial advice, community services, sheltered accommodation and training.

Jamie Hall, Head of Legal Services at Karbon Homes, said:

Developing this framework in partnership with our peers demonstrates the value of collaboration across the sector. Together we’ve created a robust procurement solution that not only gives us all access to high-quality legal expertise, but achieves better value for all partners and enables us all to focus more resources on delivering services, maintaining homes and supporting communities.

We look forward to working with Capsticks going forward.

Capsticks aims to be the firm of choice for organisations who work to make a difference. Our purpose is to be the legal advisers that clients want by their side, providing innovative and practical solutions tailored to our sectors’ unique challenges. Our lawyers work together as one team with the same values: putting people first, doing the right thing and always forward thinking.