All sessions are now available to watch again, to gain an insight into how we can be Doing Housing Differently.

This year we have seen just how important our homes and neighbourhoods are to our health and wellbeing and the communities we all rely on. This experience has raised fundamental questions about how we live and the kind of homes we need. In Building Back Better we need to rethink not only what we build, […]

There is a growing ecosystem of funders and lenders looking at community led housing, but the availability of affordable finance is still a challenge for new organisations. As part of the Doing Housing Differently discussion series, this session explores the concept of underwriting to make financing projects from a single source easier and giving lenders confidence on […]

Many Housing Associations began life as communities taking action over their housing situations. Now with a wealth of experience in housing delivery and management, how can they use their skills and capacities to help today’s communities to do the same? Join us as emerging community housing groups pitch their projects to housing associations and discuss the […]

Local authorities in London are building council homes on a scale not seen for over 30 years.  Whether large-scale estate regeneration or smaller infill projects, the way today’s council homes are owned and managed will have a lasting impact on the lives of the communities they house.   From co-produced regeneration to long-term tenant management and […]

Developers are increasingly working with communities, to deliver schemes that meaningfully benefit residents and local businesses. From involving groups at an early stage to inform the brief, to handing over ownership when the homes are built. As part of the Doing Housing Differently online discussion series, this session explores the approaches developers are taking to […]

There are more than 200 housing co-ops in London with a real potential to grow co-operative ownership. Join us in weighing up the motivations and means that include coordinating resources between coops, building on existing land, and buying homes from developers with partially completed schemes that may be struggling. This event is part of the […]

This zoom discussion will feature Danny Kruger MP, Lord Barwell former advisor to Theresa May and Housing minister, Richard Bacon MP, self build champions as well as various members from across Citizens UK and Create Streets who will come together to discuss the future of Community Led Housing in the UK. Sign up here: https://cuk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrceGsrzotGdeOnVSsGJkKJ4bIJ2lLFuam