The Confederation of Co-operative Housing, and its partner organisations – the National CLT Network, UK Cohousing, and Locality – are delighted that the Government have announced the decision to allocate £4 million in revenue funding for 2021/22 with the renewed Community Housing Fund.
The fund will help housing co-operatives and other community led housing organisations apply for money to support them in preparing their bids for the £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme which will provide the capital funding required. The £4 million fund will also help projects to potentially access other sources of funding and help progress those schemes that are stuck at the beginning of the process.
CCH Chief Executive, Blase Lambert, said:
‘I very much welcome the government’s renewed commitment to supporting communities that want to access grant to build new affordable homes in England as demonstrated by its announcement of £4m in revenue support.
The sector’s lobbying, led by Catherine Harrington at the National CLT Network, has delivered much needed new resource that will enable many communities to make significant progress with their plans to deliver affordable homes using the various approaches and models of community led housing.’
This is an encouraging step in the right direction and will help communities progress with building the homes they need. CCH, and its partners, will continue to make the case to HM Treasury and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for longer-term funding for community led housing in the next Spending Review, which is due to take place later this year.
You can read the Government’s announcement here.
Find out more about recent community led housing projects here.