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Building Co-operative & Mutual Homes

In the new economic reality, traditional approaches to providing the homes people need are not going to work. We are now far from "business as usual". We need to consider new partnerships for the new environment.

The Building Co-operative & Mutual Homes scheme is a new option for financing housing development that aims to combine meeting housing needs with the additional personal and social Big Society benefits created by co-operative and mutual housing.

The scheme - to be developed in partnership with local authorities and housing associations - aims to establish a loan fund - anticipated to be about £250 million - to enable development of co-operative and mutual housing.

The Building Co-operative & Mutual Homes proposal invites local authorities, housing associations and other partners to express an interest in the scheme.

Download the BCMH proposal for more details:

[PDF icon] BCMH proposal
[PDF File, 507 Kb]

Download the BCMH Expression of Interest for local authorities to express their interest in the scheme:

[Word icon] BCMH Local authority expression of interest form
(Word document, 134 Kb)

The BCMH flyer is a general flyer advertising the scheme:

[PDF icon] BCMH flyer
[PDF File, 1707 Kb]

Financing Co-operative & Mutual Housing

The CCH in partnership with the National Housing Federation and the Chartered Institure of Housing has launched a new report that examines financing options for new co-operative and mutual housing. Financing Co-operative & Mutual Housing analyses existing financial models and identifies routes and models for future schemes including potential warehousing solutions to deliver volume development through partnership working with local authorities and developer housing associations.

[PDF icon] Financing Co-operative & Mutual Housing
[PDF File, 2735 Kb]

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