Affordable Housing Program

The CHF affordable housing models provide social landlords with an opportunity to grow their property portfolio or property management business. CHF works together with Local Authorities, Registered Providers and Landowners to plan, finance, build or purchase quality housing for the affordable housing sector. This is against a background of falling capital grant to the sector, the move to affordable rents and the challenges of raising development finance. The CHF model provides the following:

• Opportunities to grow: helping to reduce the chronic shortage of housing by providing affordable housing without public subsidy or grant.
• Flexibility: options over scheme design, scheme mix and rent levels along with capital receipt for land investment.
• Off-balance sheet funding: the potential for off-balance sheet funding with options going forward in terms of management and ownership.
• Advantage: the CHF model works alongside organisations existing business models rather than replacing their current business models.