Homes

We want to create a more inclusive housing market, providing high quality, safe and affordable homes so people can lead better lives.

Homes

Key stats

  • £78.8m

    Total invested by Big Society Capital

  • £644.3m

    Total invested by Big Society Capital and other investors alongside us

  • 4,600

    Number of people provided with homes

  • The challenge

    The housing market crisis is affecting people all over the UK. High quality, affordable housing is in short supply, while there are rising levels of homelessness, people living in unsuitable accommodation and people unable to access the support they need. Home ownership is increasingly unaffordable, leaving many people in the private rental market with unsecure tenancies.

  • Our approach

    We look for housing ideas to improve lives and help address the root causes of housing inequality by changing the system. This includes unlocking greater amounts of impact-led capital from institutional investors and helping scale or replicate business models creating better outcomes.

    We invest in buying or developing homes for vulnerable and disadvantaged people, such as housing for people with learning disabilities or who are homeless. We also invest in social property funds to increase the supply and quality of affordable and social housing and the private rented sector.

Current work

Working with expert partners, we seek to understand people’s needs first. Then, using our knowledge and capital, we collaborate and invest with fund managers who also want to create a better, sustainable future.

Funds in Homes

Fund manager Fund name Investment type Fund size Focus area Investment status
Resonance Affordable Homes Rental Fund Enterprise debt <£15 million Homes Current
CBRE Global Investors CBRE UK Affordable Housing Fund Property £250+ million Homes Current
Cheyne Capital Cheyne Capital Social Impact Fund Property <£250 million Homes Current
Funding Affordable Homes Funding Affordable Homes Fund Property <£250 million Homes Current
Resonance Real Lettings Property Fund LP Property <£250 million Homes Current
Resonance The National Homelessness Property Fund LP Property <£50 million Homes Current

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Contact

We want to work with social entrepreneurs, charities, housing associations, developers, investors and public bodies to develop better housing at scale for people.