New fund gives communities power to deliver affordable homes

Over 1,200 new affordable homes will be delivered across England with communities put in charge of where and how they will be built, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announced today, Friday 25 March 2022.

The £4 million Community Housing Fund (CHF) programme helps community groups build homes in their local area by covering a range of costs incurred in the process - including renting the town hall for a public meeting, paying for searches, administration costs or legal advice, design work and planning applications. Once planning permission is granted, community groups can fund the build through the government’s Affordable Homes Programme, a Housing Association or developer or via a bank loan.

The fund will help level up the country by regenerating derelict areas and delivering homes that are affordable for local people, so more residents can live in the places they love.

The new houses will be part of locally-based organisations such as land trusts or housing co-operatives meaning they stay under the control of the community.

Housing Minister Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP said:

Part of our Levelling Up mission is to build the quality homes that communities want and need. Community led housing is a great way to ensure local housing needs are met by putting local people in the driving seat.

It is about residents playing a leading and lasting role creating genuinely affordable homes which regenerate and restore pride in communities.

Community led housing also helps improve the design and construction quality of homes using modern methods of construction and gives more opportunity for smaller house builders to work on projects, growing local economies.

Tom Chance from Community Led Homes added:

Community led housing groups are rooted in their communities and truly understand local housing needs. There are so many fantastic community led housing projects planned across the country. This programme will help many of these projects come to fruition.

The fund will help deliver 52 housing projects in England, from Cornwall to Berwick-upon-Tweed. Bradford’s Greenwood Community Led Housing group, will build 62 supported homes for people with autism, learning disabilities or dementia. In Leeds, 34 affordable homes are being built to regenerate a deprived part of the city following extensive involvement of residents in the design of the buildings.

Today’s announcement follows the publication of the Bacon Review which recommended that reigniting the Community Housing Fund will create more opportunities for communities to build.

Further information

-The Community Housing Fund Revenue Programme 2021/22 is funded by DLUHC and will help community-led housing groups in the latter stages of pre-development.

The Community Led Homes Partnership (CLH) will manage the grant programme, assessing all applications and administering the grants.

CLH is a partnership of four leading community-led housing organisations: Confederation of Co-operative Housing, Locality, National Community Land Trust Network and the UK Co-Housing Network.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities will be publishing its response to the Bacon Review soon.

Community Led Homes

Community Led Homes exists to make community led housing a mainstream housing option. We provide training, funding and practical support to local groups, councils and developers. By bringing people together from the grassroots to those in power, communities can create the homes they want and need.

Full regional breakdown

Local Authority

Organisation

Project name

Funding amount (£)

Postcode of project site

Affordable homes

Bristol City

Ambition Lawrence Weston

Astry Close Community Led Housing

21350

BS11 0RA

34

West Sussex

Angmering Community Land Trust

Mayflower Way

113770

BN16 4AY

12

Bristol City

Ashley Vale Action Group Limited

Bridge Farm

50000

BS16 1BQ

22

Northumberland

Berwick Youth Project

Old Grammar School

32000

TD15 1HF

8

Rother

Bexhill Community Land Trust

Cemetery Lodge / Turkey Road

109323

TN39 5JE

22

Brighton and Hove

Bunker Housing Co-operative Limited

Hinton Close

71743

BN1 7BT

10

Calderdale

Calder Valley Community Land Trust Limited

High Street, Hebden Bridge

37966

HX7 6AZ

20

County Durham

Canney Communities

Canney Communities: Project 1

44630

DL14 8QH

16

Stratford-on-Avon District

Claverdon Community Land Trust

Curlieu Lane, Norton Lindsey - Affordable Housing Development

47960

CV35 8DL

10

Cornwall

Cornwall CLT Limited

Ennor Farm St Mary’s Isles of Scilly

59091

TR21 0LP

12

Cornwall

Cornwall CLT Limited

Trekersby

49937

TR16 5AG

10

Cornwall

Cornwall CLT Limited

Gwennap

38499

TR16 6BD

10

Kingston upon Hull

Cosmo Community CIC

Cosmo Community CIC

51087

HU5 2DD

20

Eastbourne

Eastbourne Community Land Trust Limited

Bibbenden Close

71310

BN23 7HX

5

Stroud

Eastington Community Land Trust Limited

Eastington CLT: Project 2

33189

GL10 3AQ

31

Holmfirth West Yorkshire

EcoHOLMEs CLT

The Chippings

67470

HD9 1SX

10

Manchester

Edward Mayes Trust

Mayes Gardens

22176

M4 7FN

2

Sheffield

Five Rivers Cohousing Company Ltd

Wisewood Cohousing

62040

S6 4TW

22

Bristol City

Furze Co-operative

Furze Co-operative

78326

BS7 9UH

15

East Riding of Yorkshire

Heron Educational Foundation

Heron Homes Humbleton

15830

HU11 4NN

6

Wealden

Herstmonceux Community Land Trust Limited

Strawberry Field

122507

BN27 4RT

9

Liverpool City

Homebaked Community Land Trust CIC

Homebaked

22450

L4 0UF

8

Gateshead

Hospital of King James Gateshead

The Hospital of St James at Gateshead

191399

NE8 3PA

51

Bradford

Inspired Neighbourhoods Housing Trust

Greenwood Community Led Housing

330192

BD2 1JX

62

Birmingham

Kajans Women’s Enterprise Ltd

Kajans Community-Led Affordable Housing

67207

B18 5AU

52

South Lakeland

Kendal Almshouse Charity

Kendal Almshouse Charity. Romleigh Development.

34028

LA9 5QR

3

East Cambridgeshire

Kennett Community Land Trust

Kennett Garden Village

53525

CB8 7QF

60

Leeds

Leeds Community Homes

Mistress Lane

125000

LS12 2HL

34

Manchester

LGBT Foundation Ltd

Manchester LGBT Extra Care Housing

54926

M16 8AJ

103

Bristol City

Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust

Home Made

40000

BS7 9YD

5

Bristol City

Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust: Turner Gardens

Lockleaze Neighbourhood Trust: Turner Gardens

45000

BS7 9YD

19

Wiltshire

Nadder Community Land Trust Ltd.

The Old Sports Centre

18275

SP3 6HJ

6

Oxford City

Oxfordshire Community Land Trust

Dean Court Affordable Homes for Rent

67375

OX2 9DD

8

East Hampshire

Petersfield Community Land Trust

Reservoir Lane

102045

GU32 2HY

12

Sefton

SAFE Community Homes CIC

Destination Bootle

82700

L20 4AP

187

Somerset West and Taunton

Somerset Co-housing Community Land Trust Limited (Somerset Co-operative CLT)

Wiveliscombe

182276

TA4 2NY

29

Devon

South Dartmoor Community Energy

South Dartmoor Community Energy/Teign

64845

PL21 0DN

30

South Tyneside

South Tyneside Churches KEY Project

South Tyneside Churches KEY Project

5000

NE33 5RU

10

Bristol City

Southmead Development Trust

Southmead Regeneration - Glencoyne Square

268205

BS10 6EU

95

Cornwall

St Ives CLT

St Ives CLT: Project 1 Old Vicarage Flats

30000

TR26 2DS

6

East Cambridgeshire

Swaffham Bulbeck Community Land Trust

Pony and Cemetery Fields Development

101736

CB25 0LU

18

South Oxfordshire

Thame Community Land Trust

Thame Homes for Thame Families

137299

OX9 2DR

31

Herefordshire

The Buchanan Trust

North Farm

28942

HR8 1JY

2

Maidstone

The Honywood and Douglas Charity (211272)

Honywood and Douglas Charity 23 High street Lenham

50224

ME17 2QD

3

East Suffolk

Ufford Charities

Refurbishment and Extensions to the Ufford Almshouses

7975

IP13 6DS

2

Rutland

Uppingham Homes CLT

The Badley Orchard Housing Development

22348

LE15 9EB

6

Bristol City

We Can Make Knowle West CIC

We Can Make good homes

75000

BS4 1NL

17

Chichester

Westbourne Community Trust

Mill Road Affordable Housing Project

62900

PO10 8TH

12

Cornwall

Wheal Luna

Wheal Luna

29925

TR5 0NH

4

Calderdale

Women Centre Ltd

Women Centre Housing Initiative

22191

HX1 1JN

23

City of York

Yorspace CLT Limited

Lowfield Green: Project 1

33595

YO24 3FH

19

City of York

Yorspace CLT Limited

Morrell House - Fully Mutual Housing Co-op (FMHC)

74154

YO30 6EZ

17

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