Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to reinstate the Community Housing Fund.
When the Homes England Community Housing Fund (CHF) programme closed in 2020, it had built up a pipeline of project anticipating the delivery of 10,780 homes outside London. Within London, the CHF is being delivered by the Greater London Authority which, in January 2023, reported a development pipeline of 1194 homes. The 2021/22 round of the CHF was delivered by the Community Led Homes partnership, and has supported projects anticipating the delivery of 1263 homes.
The most recent round of the CHF closed in March 2022. The government is considering what support it may provide to the community-led housing sector and a decision will be made in due course.