LETTER: Build your own home to get on the property ladder

The housing shortage, rocketing rents and sky-high house prices mean that quality, affordable homes are out of reach for many people. '¨But, all over the country, communities are refusing to be beaten by the housing crisis by building their own.
By The Newsroom
Published 25th May 2016, 18:30 BST

That’s why, at Locality, we are encouraging people to tackle the housing crisis head-on by building their own.

Our new programme will help local people start up their own projects to provide affordable, decent homes for themselves, their families and their communities.

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Our scheme will help groups start up their own community-led housing projects – where communities build or manage their own housing developments – and is being funded with a grant of £160,000 from the Nationwide Foundation.

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It will support 22 groups across England to get started in building homes for their communities.

Community-led housing can help tackle the following problems facing neighbourhoods: n Young people struggling to get on the housing ladder because of high house prices;

n Older residents who want to down-size but can’t find the right properties without moving out of the area;

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n Those in need such as unemployed people or single parents, who have little chance of finding decent local houses;

n A limited supply of reasonably priced family homes – developers are not building the kind of homes people want or need;

n Long waiting lists for social housing

To apply for the Locality Early Stage Support Programme visit http://locality.org.uk/projects/communityled-housing/early-stage-support

Tony Armstrong

Chief Executive,Locality

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