What is community-led housing?
Community-led housing is a term that’s used to describe housing that is developed by local people, to meet local housing needs. It can be in many different forms but the main factor is that it involves the people who will live in it in one or more aspects of envisioning, designing, developing and managing the homes that are built.
We call these People Powered Homes.
For more information on community led housing in general see these links:
https://www.communityledhomes.org.uk/what-community-led-housing
https://locality.org.uk/community-led-housing
https://mycommunity.org.uk/affordable-and-community-led-housing
What different types of Community-led housing is there?
The definition of community-led housing covers many different approaches and legal forms, with some common threads running through them all. We can help groups decide the best form of legal entity to suit their needs.
Community Land Trusts
Community Benefit Societies
Coops
Cohousing Groups
Self-help housing
Community Development Trusts
Self-build and custom-build
Do we need more homes in Leeds?
Many people in our city struggle to find an affordable home to rent or buy. That’s why we’ve set up Leeds Community Homes – to find ways to build and refurbish homes that will be permanently affordable for Leeds people. We also want to find ways to build more environmentally sustainable homes – whilst also exploring ways to contribute to making Leeds a better place for all of us to live.
To make this happen we have set ourselves up as a Community Land Trust, and we’re doing a range of things to create People Powered Homes.
Who’s involved with Leeds Community Homes?
There are now over 300 members of Leeds Community Homes – and we are governed by a Board of Trustees who are selected by our membership.
How can I get involved with Leeds Community Homes?
If you support what we’re trying to achieve, you can become a member of Leeds Community Homes for £1. If you would like to become a member visit the JOIN US page
There may be opportunities to volunteer to help support our work. Contact us to find out more.
Is Leeds Community Homes profit-making?
No. We are recognised as a charitable organisation by HMRC.
Legally we are a community benefit society, which means all of our activities must be for the benefit of our community of interest, which is Yorkshire.
We are also a Community Land Trust which means we have an asset lock: our assets cannot be disposed of except to an organisation with similar aims and restrictions, and for the benefit of our community.
Any surpluses we make are reinvested into our activities.
Our subsidiary People Powered Homes is a wholly owned limited company which acts to further the aims of the Charity; any profits are gifted to Leeds Community Homes on an annual basis.
Can I donate to help your work?
Yes. Please Contact us
What are the rules of LCH?
Please find a link to our rules HERE
Our Documents relating to the society can be accessed here:
Useful Society information
LCH Accounts 2020 (old society)
LCH Accounts 2021 (old society)
LCH Rules (New society, formerly Community Homes Yorkshire Ltd)
Transfer of Engagements (1 April 2021 from LCH to Community Homes Yorkshire Ltd)
Change of Name (1 April 2021 name swap Community Homes Yorkshire Ltd to Leeds Community Homes Ltd)
Selected Society Policies:
Any other questions?
If you have any further questions, please get in touch with us via Twitter or Facebook – or send us a message via our contact page – and one of us will come back to you with more info. And don’t forget to sign up to our email list to keep in touch with our plans. Together we can build a better Leeds!
