Get funding
Funding is available to groups at every stage of the community led housing journey
up to when the project is completed.
Use this section to find out more about the various funding options, both repayable and non-repayable, that are available to you depending on the stage your group is at.
Funding options: group/concept stage
Read more on the funding that is available for community led housing groups which are looking to fund early-stage work.
- Big Lottery Awards for All
- Crowdfunding
- Community Business Renewal Fund
- Community Led Homes Start-Up Support programme - Fund now closed
Funding options: site and plan stages
- Community Share Issues
- Local authority grants - e.g. s106 commuted sums, Right to Buy receipts
- Resonance Community Developers
- London Community Housing Fund
- CAF Venturesome Community Led Housing Fund- Fund now closed
- Community Housing Fund Phase One - Fund now closed
- Community Housing Fund 21/22 - - Fund now closed
- Community Led Homes Becoming a Registered Provider or Investment Partner programme - Fund now closed
Funding options: build stage
- Community Share Issues
- Bank loans - Ecology Building Society, Triodos Bank, Charity Bank, others
- Local authority grants - e.g. s106 commuted sums, Right to Buy receipts
- Levelling Up Home Building Fund
- Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme
- Resonance Community Developers
- London Community Housing Fund
- Big Issue Invest (London only)
- Community Housing Fund 21/22 - Fund now closed
- Community Housing Fund Phase Two - Fund now closed
- CAF Venturesome Community Led Housing Fund - Fund now closed
Funding opportunities for enabling hubs
- CAF Venturesome Community Led Housing Fund - Fund now closed
- Enabler Hub Grant Programme - Fund now closed
- Community Business Renewal Fund