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community led housing projects in London

Older Womens Cohousing, Barnet
Older Women’s
Co-Housing

A group of women over fifty who formed the first senior cohousing community in the UK. A housing association forward funded the scheme.

Naked House OMMX interior
Naked House

Delivering 22 units of resale price capped homes in Enfield, built to the bare minimum allowing residents to adapt them over time.

Riverlink Housing Co-op
Tally Ho Housing Co-op
Woodside Housing Co-op
Headway Self Build

10 affordable rented houses where residents collectively finished joinery, fixtures and fittings, once the structural shell was built by Circle.

Ladybur Housing Co-op
The Drive Expansion

An intentional community and fully mutual housing co-op offering a sustainable, collectively-run way of life, looking to expand

Zahra Housing Co-op

A fully mutual co-op formed of five inter-generational households currently renting unsuitable private accommodation

London Older Lesbian Cohousing

A group of older lesbians creating mixed tenure cohousing as an alternative to retirement homes.

Cohousing Harrow

A group of families and individuals looking to build a supportive, mixed tenure cohousing community in Harrow.

StART

StART want to see permanently affordable homes, promoting health, wellbeing and a green neighbourhood at St Ann’s.

Homes in Mind

Homes in Mind aims to provide transitional housing for people with mental health issues.

Homesdale (Woodford Baptist)
Sycamore Housing

A group living in the private rented sector and working towards a long-term housing solution.

Forest CLT

A group of local families and individuals working to create sustainable and affordable housing and community space.

Waverley (Eighth) Co-op Housing Association
Stroud Green Housing Co-op
Fountain Self Build Group

A group of families interested in building sustainable and genuine affordable rented homes.

New Swift Housing Co-op
Finsbury Park Housing Co-op
North Camden Housing Co-op
Islington Community Housing Co-op
Alamo Housing Co-op
Quadrant Brownswood Tenants Co-op
Fleet Cohousing

A group of mostly of older households looking to downsize, focused on Dartmouth Park.

Watermans Housing Co-op
Everbrook Housing Co-op
Hackney Housing Co-op
Clissold Housing Co-op
Clements Road

Redbridge Citizens campaigned for CLT homes in their area. New homes will be taken on by London CLT.

Heathview Tenants’ Co-op
Camden Community Makers

An initiative looking to ensure genuinely affordable housing and facilities in Kentish Town.

Copper Lane Cohousing

A group of six mixed households forming London's first cohousing project.

Lindsey Housing Co-op
Holloway Cohousing

A cohousing community forming part of the Holloway Women’s Prison redevelopment.

Camden Teachers Tenants Co-op
Abeona Housing Co-op

Co-op founded in 1975 set up during the squatting and short life housing movements of the seventies. Registered in 1983 to provide permanent co-operative housing and now has 48 members.

Leytonstone Housing Co-op
Harecourt Community Housing Association
Willesden Green Housing Co-op
NW3 CLT
NW3 CLT

A group of local residents looking to provide permanently affordable key worker housing in Hampstead.

South Mildmay Tenants Co-op
Tenants Association of North Camden
Woodgrange Park Village Co-op
Unit Eleven Housing Co-op
Belpark (One) Housing Co-op
Mace Housing Co-op

Mace is a fully mutual cooperative, who provide housing for single homeless people, often in unused properties.

London Filipino Cohousing

A Filipino Community group aiming to build a mixed tenure, intergenerational cohousing community.

Fairhazel Co-operative
South Camden Housing Co-op
West Hampstead Housing Co-op
Cohousing London East

A small group aiming to build a mixed-tenure, inter-generational, eco-community in NE London.

South Hampstead Housing Co-op
Camley Street Sustainability Zone

A community-led project to develop affordable housing and genuine industrial space with local people.

Newham Community Housing
Longlife Housing Co-op
Pan African Refugee Housing Co-op
Camden Peoples’ Housing Co-op
Richmond Avenue Housing Co-op
Brent Community Housing
Home from Home
Housing Association

Arneway Housing Co-op
Brent CLT

Emerging project to build affordable housing following the Harlesden Neighbourhood Plan.

Cyron Housing
Co-operative

Roman Road CLT

This initiative aims to protect the diverse community of the area by providing truly affordable housing in perpetuity.

Kilburn Housing Co-op
Grand Union Housing Co-op
Arcadia Cohousing

A group of people who know each other from church, looking to create affordable, inter-generational cohousing.

Scottish Towers Co-op
Otherwise Living

Otherwise Living is working to create, nurture and manage an unique alternative development in West London

Bonny Downs Cohousing

A local charity redeveloping an old church hall into an intentional community addressing homelessness.

Wilfrid East London Housing Co-op
Surge Co-op

Surge Co-op aims to create sustainable and affordable moorings for larger boats in underused historic wharves.

TUSH – Tower Hamlets Users of Short-life Housing
Phoenix Community Housing Co-op
St Clements,
London CLT

Residents have moved into London’s first 23 Community Land Trust homes, offering genuine affordability in perpetuity.

Chippenham Housing Co-op
Walterton & Elgin Community Homes

WECH is a resident controlled housing association building 43 new affordable homes.

Westminster Housing Co-op

Short-life housing coop who take on property in any state of disrepair to house tenants in need

Squeezed London

Tower Hamlets residents have come together to set up an affordable self-build project together.

Dennis Central London Housing Co-op
Seymour Housing Co-op
Seagull Housing Co-op
West Eleven Housing Co-op
Portobello Housing Co-operative
Winsor Housing Co-op
Monmouth Road Housing Co-op
Belgrave Street Housing Co-op
The Mile End Housing Co-op
Glenkerry Co-op Housing Association
Seven Dials Housing Co-op
Notting Dale Housing Co-op
E16 CLT

Set up to deliver a community regeneration plan, significantly increasing homes in co-production with the council.

Cable Street

London CLT secured the site through the GLA's Small Sites programme, to deliver affordable homes linked to local incomes.

Birchfield House Co-op
Ealing Housing Co-op
Coin Street Iroko Housing Co-op
Coin Street

Coin Street Community Builders has developed 220 affordable homes for people in housing need, run by 4 fully mutual housing co-ops.

Water Tower Housing Co-op
Dawley Housing
Co-operative

Miller Walk Housing Co-op
Edward Henry House Co-op
Britannia Village Hall

A local charity looking to redevelop an ageing community centre to provide affordable housing and community space.

New Cut Housing Co‑op Expansion

An existing Co-op looking to develop new homes for older members on their car park area.

The Hatch Row Housing Co-op
Brandrams Housing Co-op
Swan Lane Housing Co-op
La Gaitana Housing Co-op
Marklake Court - photo Ray Hardinge
Marklake Court

The Leathermarket CBS, set up by residents, led the development of 27 homes for social rent, on their estate.

Pearman Street Co-operative
Ginger Giraffe Collective

A cohousing project for both those who have health and social care needs and those who can provide this care.

Wellington Mills Housing Co-op
Arundel Buildings Housing Co-op
Brighton Buildings Housing Co-op
Argyll and Glyn Co-op
W14 Housing Co-op
Watmos Community Homes

A tenant run housing organisation considering partial redevelopment on the Ethelred estate.

Pimlico Village Housing Co-op
West Ken Gibbs Green Community Homes

Residents aim to take ownership of their estates to ensure the homes are not sold off.

Green Dragon Lane Housing Co-op
Tonic

Tonic aims to create vibrant and inclusive urban LGBT+ affirmative retirement communities.

Vine Housing Co-op
Hourglass Housing Co-op
May Day Housing Co-op
Quaggy MHOS
Quaggy MHOS

A Mutual Home Ownership Society where some rent goes towards building up equity, which members may take a share of when they leave.

St. George’s Church Housing Co-op
Sanford Housing Co‑op Expansion

Sanford are looking to expand housing and provide community facilities on their own land.

Riverdale Housing Co-op
Lammerton Housing Co-op
Holland Town Tenant Management Co-op
Ekarro Housing Co-op
Juniper Housing Co-op
Nettleton Road Housing Co-op
CASH

Community Assets for Society and Housing is a CLT founded by members of housing co-ops, bringing their experience together.

Hollymeadow Housing
Co-operative

Hazel Housing Co-op
Old Isleworth Housing Co-op
Normandy Housing Co-op
Colyers Housing Co-op
Lambeth Self-Help HA
Brockley Tenants Co-op
Habitat Close
Nimbus Housing Co-op
Flame Housing Co-op
Greenstreet Hill
Greenstreet Hill

A self-build housing co-operative built in timber frame, around a communal garden, in the early 1990s.

Wellington Housing Co-op
Cross Lances
Housing Co-op

Craymill Housing
Co-operative

Cetra Housing Co-op
Whitworth Housing Co-op
Shearwood Housing Co-op
Bonham & Strathleven Tenants Co-op
Perryviews Housing Co-op
Battersea Tenants Co-op
RUSS balcony view
Church Grove, RUSS

A Community Land Trust creating sustainable and affordable neighbourhoods. This 33 unit scheme allows local people to self-build.

Convent Co-operative
Brixton Housing Co-op
Park Hill Housing Co-op
Lewisham Family Co-op
Earlsfield CLT

People involved in local community organisations coming together to form a CLT in Earlsfield.

Southward Housing Co-op
Richmond Co-op Housing Association
Balham Community Church

An independent community church building homes for young key-workers to rent above a new multi-use hall.

New Venture Housing Co-op
Christchurch Road

London CLT have secured the site through the GLA's Small Sites programme, to deliver affordable homes linked to local incomes.

Anerley Housing Co-op
Tooting Bec Housing Co-op
Metra Housing Co-op
Sydenham Housing Co-op
Sun Housing Co-op

An intentional community with a vision for a communal living and working environment, governed by the occupants.

Brasted Close, London CLT

Planning permission for 11 new genuinely affordable homes in perpetuity, on a disused garage site.

Hatherley Housing Co-op
Phoenix Community Housing
Hazelhurst Court

60 one and two-bed extra care homes for affordable rent next to their existing properties for older people.

Imani Housing Co-op
Skylight Housing Co-op
Townshend Close Housing Co-op
Springbank Court

Resident-led housing organisation Phoenix Community Homes, have built 8 new homes in Ravensboure.

Crystal Palace CLT

Crystal Palace Transition Town Community came together to form a CLT and build affordable housing and community gardens.

Heads2Gether

H2G aim to provide mutually supportive and secure affordable interim housing for single parents on low incomes.

Plum Tree Housing Co-op
Plum Tree Co-op

A group of mis-treated property guardians aiming to take meanwhile control of their accommodation.

community led housing projects in London

established community led housing
recent or emerging projects
new groups forming

recent projects and case studies

Brasted Close, London CLT

Planning permission for 11 new genuinely affordable homes in perpetuity, on a disused garage site.

RUSS balcony view
Church Grove, RUSS

A Community Land Trust creating sustainable and affordable neighbourhoods. This 33 unit scheme allows local people to self-build.

Coin Street Iroko Housing Co-op
Coin Street

Coin Street Community Builders has developed 220 affordable homes for people in housing need, run by 4 fully mutual housing co-ops.

Copper Lane Cohousing

A group of six mixed households forming London's first cohousing project.

Greenstreet Hill
Greenstreet Hill

A self-build housing co-operative built in timber frame, around a communal garden, in the early 1990s.

Phoenix Community Housing
Hazelhurst Court

60 one and two-bed extra care homes for affordable rent next to their existing properties for older people.

Headway Self Build

10 affordable rented houses where residents collectively finished joinery, fixtures and fittings, once the structural shell was built by Circle.

Mace Housing Co-op

Mace is a fully mutual cooperative, who provide housing for single homeless people, often in unused properties.

Marklake Court - photo Ray Hardinge
Marklake Court

The Leathermarket CBS, set up by residents, led the development of 27 homes for social rent, on their estate.

Naked House OMMX interior
Naked House

Delivering 22 units of resale price capped homes in Enfield, built to the bare minimum allowing residents to adapt them over time.

Older Womens Cohousing, Barnet
Older Women’s
Co-Housing

A group of women over fifty who formed the first senior cohousing community in the UK. A housing association forward funded the scheme.

St Clements,
London CLT

Residents have moved into London’s first 23 Community Land Trust homes, offering genuine affordability in perpetuity.

 

emerging projects

Arcadia Cohousing

A group of people who know each other from church, looking to create affordable, inter-generational cohousing.

Balham Community Church

An independent community church building homes for young key-workers to rent above a new multi-use hall.

Bonny Downs Cohousing

A local charity redeveloping an old church hall into an intentional community addressing homelessness.

Brent CLT

Emerging project to build affordable housing following the Harlesden Neighbourhood Plan.

Britannia Village Hall

A local charity looking to redevelop an ageing community centre to provide affordable housing and community space.

Cable Street

London CLT secured the site through the GLA's Small Sites programme, to deliver affordable homes linked to local incomes.

Camden Community Makers

An initiative looking to ensure genuinely affordable housing and facilities in Kentish Town.

Camley Street Sustainability Zone

A community-led project to develop affordable housing and genuine industrial space with local people.

CASH

Community Assets for Society and Housing is a CLT founded by members of housing co-ops, bringing their experience together.

Christchurch Road

London CLT have secured the site through the GLA's Small Sites programme, to deliver affordable homes linked to local incomes.

Clements Road

Redbridge Citizens campaigned for CLT homes in their area. New homes will be taken on by London CLT.

Cohousing Harrow

A group of families and individuals looking to build a supportive, mixed tenure cohousing community in Harrow.

Cohousing London East

A small group aiming to build a mixed-tenure, inter-generational, eco-community in NE London.

Crystal Palace CLT

Crystal Palace Transition Town Community came together to form a CLT and build affordable housing and community gardens.

E16 CLT

Set up to deliver a community regeneration plan, significantly increasing homes in co-production with the council.

Earlsfield CLT

People involved in local community organisations coming together to form a CLT in Earlsfield.

Fleet Cohousing

A group of mostly of older households looking to downsize, focused on Dartmouth Park.

Forest CLT

A group of local families and individuals working to create sustainable and affordable housing and community space.

Fountain Self Build Group

A group of families interested in building sustainable and genuine affordable rented homes.

Ginger Giraffe Collective

A cohousing project for both those who have health and social care needs and those who can provide this care.

Heads2Gether

H2G aim to provide mutually supportive and secure affordable interim housing for single parents on low incomes.

Holloway Cohousing

A cohousing community forming part of the Holloway Women’s Prison redevelopment.

Homes in Mind

Homes in Mind aims to provide transitional housing for people with mental health issues.

London Filipino Cohousing

A Filipino Community group aiming to build a mixed tenure, intergenerational cohousing community.

London Older Lesbian Cohousing

A group of older lesbians creating mixed tenure cohousing as an alternative to retirement homes.

New Cut Housing Co‑op Expansion

An existing Co-op looking to develop new homes for older members on their car park area.

NW3 CLT
NW3 CLT

A group of local residents looking to provide permanently affordable key worker housing in Hampstead.

Otherwise Living

Otherwise Living is working to create, nurture and manage an unique alternative development in West London

Plum Tree Housing Co-op
Plum Tree Co-op

A group of mis-treated property guardians aiming to take meanwhile control of their accommodation.

Quaggy MHOS
Quaggy MHOS

A Mutual Home Ownership Society where some rent goes towards building up equity, which members may take a share of when they leave.

Rising Sun Housing Co-op

A housing co-operative formed by tenants in a former pub building, which they are looking to purchase together.

Roman Road CLT

This initiative aims to protect the diverse community of the area by providing truly affordable housing in perpetuity.

Sanford Housing Co‑op Expansion

Sanford are looking to expand housing and provide community facilities on their own land.

Springbank Court

Resident-led housing organisation Phoenix Community Homes, have built 8 new homes in Ravensboure.

Squeezed London

Tower Hamlets residents have come together to set up an affordable self-build project together.

StART

StART want to see permanently affordable homes, promoting health, wellbeing and a green neighbourhood at St Ann’s.

Sun Housing Co-op

An intentional community with a vision for a communal living and working environment, governed by the occupants.

Surge Co-op

Surge Co-op aims to create sustainable and affordable moorings for larger boats in underused historic wharves.

Sycamore Housing

A group living in the private rented sector and working towards a long-term housing solution.

The Drive Expansion

An intentional community and fully mutual housing co-op offering a sustainable, collectively-run way of life, looking to expand

Tonic

Tonic aims to create vibrant and inclusive urban LGBT+ affirmative retirement communities.

Walterton & Elgin Community Homes

WECH is a resident controlled housing association building 43 new affordable homes.

Watmos Community Homes

A tenant run housing organisation considering partial redevelopment on the Ethelred estate.

West Ken Gibbs Green Community Homes

Residents aim to take ownership of their estates to ensure the homes are not sold off.

Zahra Housing Co-op

A fully mutual co-op formed of five inter-generational households currently renting unsuitable private accommodation

 

There are a number of other emerging projects we have not yet listed.
Please get in touch if you would like to be listed.

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