Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026As long as it's #cohousing, residents can decide for themselves! 010
Reposted by Community Led HomesHousing LIN @housinglin.bsky.social · 06/08/2026🏡 Senior cohousing or intergenerational living — how do they compare? In this new #HLINViewpoint, Dr Kirsten Stevens-Wood weighs up both models, from tackling loneliness to building community across generations. 🔑 Read more: www.housinglin.org.uk/Topics/type/... 067
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026E16 #CommunityLandTrust opens garden derelict for over 10 years. This the first phase of the CLT's vision to transform the Fords Park Rd building into a thriving community facility for all ages. It hosts the Young Minds Garden from the Chelsea Flower Show. More: communityled.homes/e16-clt-gard...communityled.homesE16 CLT opens community garden as first project - communityled.homesE16 CLT opened their new community garden to the public last weekend, joined by Mayor Forhad Hussain, James Asser MP, local Councillors, project partners and many local residents. Derelict for […] 000
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Co-operation or Delegation? The Housing 2026 conference played host to a debate on our interim findings from the Cooperation in Social Housing Commission as we develop a new 'collaborative management' approach. Learn more: communityled.homes/co-operation...communityled.homesCo-operation or Delegation? - communityled.homesThe Housing 2026 conference played host to a debate on our Interim findings from the Cooperation in Social Housing Commission. We are working on a replicable model of collaborative decision-making […] 000
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Collective Ownership has a brand new website. Go to www.collectiveownership.co.uk and explore a fairer housing future, with stable, affordable home controlled by residents. 001
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 21/04/2026@centreforlondon.bsky.social opening remarks note that housing supply in London has kept up with population growth, but affordability is worse than ever. A distribution problem. 100
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026#CollectiveOwnership has been braving the January weather and visiting properties suggested by member co-ops. This one had 3 self-contained flats in one sale. Perfect for a small housing co-op where residents control their own homes together. www.collectiveownership.co.uk 020
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 17/12/2025CDS Co-operatives marks 50 years of innovation in #coop and #communityledhousing! The ongoing stability of CDS shows that with the right support and mentoring, residents can control what matters most about their homes and neighbourhoods. Read history here: www.cds.coop/2025/12/15/5... 021
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Catch up on our occasional updates, check out back issues, subscribe for more: mailchi.mp/eb662cfb2d8a... 000
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Check out the programme for Cooperation Day 2025 - Sunday 13 July, 12-6pm at Cooperation Town Hub, London NW5 4RA. A full day of workshops on housing and all kinds of other co-ops, including the Collective Ownership Society and Gida Housing Co-op Book free here: lu.ma/tj0f030u 020
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 09/07/2025The latest Urban Design Group Journal has a piece on giving people control and belonging, without the challenges encountered in traditional approaches to #communityledhousing. We're discussing our new approaches on 14 July here: www.udg.org.uk/events/2025/... 011
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Last week, we joined public landowners and small builders at @london.gov.uk for #SmallSites knowledge sharing. We 'pitched' #BuildBelonging, where we turn developments into strong communities with a sense of belonging and neighbourly living: www.communityledhousing.london/build-belong...communityledhousing.londonBuild Belonging - community led housing londonCommunity led housing can add significant social value to developments, large and small, and save on some costs. 050
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Revisit: How Older Women’s Co-Housing made New Ground. What can be learnt from this still rare and radical way of living together? www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/re... The loss of the LOLC scheme "still stings" for us too.architectsjournal.co.ukRevisit: How Older Women’s Co-Housing made New GroundThe senior co-housing scheme in Barnet, north London, was developed, funded and co-designed by a group of women, working with Pollard Thomas Edwards. Almost a decade after its completion, what can be ... 0103
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 16/05/2025We’re proud to support #CommunityLandTrusts on #WorldCLTDay2025. Now with #CDS as a Registered Provider and the experience offering management services to #housingcoops we help enable communities like #RUSS and #NW3CLT achieve their ambitions for mixed neighbourhoods. www.cds.coop/community-le... 051
Reposted by Community Led HomesLiam K McGrath @liammcgrath.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Great to see Leathermarket CBS Marklake Court on the Good Homes for All list. Cascaded benefits to 100s of households. www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/ca...architectsjournal.co.ukCase study: Marklake Court by Bell PhillipsThe council-funded, Bell Phillips-designed project was conceived by local residents, who formed the Leathermarket Community Benefit Society (CBS) to generate genuinely affordable new homes. Photograph... 011
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Trellis House Co-op is a newly forming #housingcoop looking for members to live in a beautiful shared house in the West London suburbs. Check out www.collectiveownership.co.uk/become-a-res... if you’d like to join the co-op and for more information. Share with anyone who might be interested! 021
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 13/05/2025'In the Shadow of the Shard' film screening 11 Jun, about Marklake Court, a #communityleddevelopment of council rent homes on existing estates, we often use as an example for councils. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-the-sha... @jpcookie50.bsky.socialeventbrite.co.ukIn the Shadow of the ShardA film that celebrates codesign and what social housing can achieve when it embraces the true spirit of partnership with residents. 022
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Latest on the London Assembly report, Property Development Bookclub podcast, and opportunities to join Gida Housing #Co-op and Laughton Lodge #Cohousing. Sign up for more: us12.campaign-archive.com?u=a18489721a...us12.campaign-archive.comAssembly report, CLH on podcast, and chances to join co-ops and cohousing. 010
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Mariposa Grove Cohousing is a democratically-governed community in North Oakland including renters and homeowners... A brief note on learnings from the States: www.communityledhousing.london/mariposa-gro... 031
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 04/05/2025lovely piece about Hazelmead Cohousing, Bridport by @rowanmoore.bsky.social in @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/culture/arch... 0124
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Reviewing the recent London Assembly Report, we think new approaches such as Collective Ownership are essential to making community led housing quicker and easier for London's diverse communities 👇 www.communityledhousing.london/london-assem...communityledhousing.londonLondon Assembly backs community led housing - community led housing londonThe recent report from the London Assembly Housing Committee shines a light on Housing Co-ops and Community Land Trusts. It’s encouraging to see community-led housing being taken seriously at this […] 020
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Widespread mandatory #Commonhold could give #communityledhousing widely understood structures to work with, and see some empowerment become mainstream. We hope to help nuance proposals, and support group decisions on estate management, and adress conflict. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comNew flats in England and Wales may soon all be commonhold. But what does it mean?‘It’s very hands-on,’ say neighbours in a commonhold Bristol block set up 15 years ago and managed by the flat owners 000
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Good analysis of Graven Hill #selfbuild. Reflects our impression when we visited a couple of years ago. Wonder what might have been with a little more #communityled in the mix, rather than a collection of individuals. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.com‘Ours was inspired by the Empire State Building!’ The chaotic brilliance of the UK’s biggest self-build townIt is a place where a Disney-ish castle, complete with turrets, sits near a scaly ‘pangolin’ house. But is Graven Hill now straying from the DIY vision that made its anarchic jumble of styles so mesme... 010
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Easter podcast listening! covering what #communityledhousing is, what makes it unique, how it addresses affordability, misconceptions, barriers, and how it could scale without loosing the diverse resident control that makes it so powerful. www.communityledhousing.london/property-dev...communityledhousing.londonProperty Development Book Club podcast - community led housing londonOur director, Levent Kerimol joined Hanna Afolabi from Mood & Space and Selasi Setufe MBE to talk about community led housing for the Property Development Book Club podcast. The conversation […] 011
Reposted by Community Led HomesArchitects' Journal @news.architectsjournal.co.uk · 17/04/2025Not enough cash and too many barriers for community-led housing, Khan warnedarchitectsjournal.co.ukNot enough cash and too many barriers for community-led housing, Khan warned 021
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The national bodies for CLH worked together to respond to the Government Spending Review consultation in Feb. We're encouraging CLH groups of all kinds to contact their MPs in April, adapting these templates to their group structure and priorities: www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-eve... 100
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 26/03/2025We have been hosted by CDS Co-operatives www.cds.coop over the past seven years, and from April we will become an integral part of CDS' mission to make community led housing more widespread. 100
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 26/03/2025We've been working with CDS to bring together stakeholders from across the social housing sector to explore how co-operation and power sharing between providers and resident communities can work to address key issues the sector is facing. 122
Reposted by Community Led HomesTom Chance @tomchance.bsky.social · 04/03/2025What role could community led housing play in meeting the Government's target for 1.5 million homes? Come and hear from me, Lev from @clhlondon.bsky.social and Dave from @groundedsolutions.bsky.social. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/delivering...eventbrite.co.ukDelivering 1.5 million homesJoin us for a virtual event focused on the ambitious goal of delivering 1.5 million homes to those in need. 021
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 27/02/2025We're taking part in a University of East London Housing Knowledge Exchange Seminar on Wed 5 March at 1pm (online) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/delivering... Should be a good discussion on future directions for #communityledhousing.eventbrite.co.ukDelivering 1.5 million homesJoin us for a virtual event focused on the ambitious goal of delivering 1.5 million homes to those in need. 042
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 11/02/2025New Towns need #communityled housing, management, and stewardship! Great work by #CommunityLandTrust Network and UK #Cohousing Network sourcing ideas from a range of experts last week. Different approaches can be nested for maximum impact. 050
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 19/01/2025One of our Advisers, Andy Bates, looks into the need to empower residents in social housing, for @redbrickblog.bsky.social blog redbrickblog.co.uk/2025/01/soci... Resonates with our work on power-sharing between landlords and tenants.redbrickblog.co.ukSocial housing needs the Streeting treatment - Red BrickAndy Bates looks into the need to focus social housing to empower and put tenants first in the model of Wes Streeting's NHS reforms, drawing from one of Streeting's heroes Tony Crosland. 051
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Democratic resident bodies making decisions over the #stewardship of estates and new neighbourhoods is so obvious! We're keen and ready to help put the right arrangements in place with #developers and #housingassociations Great overview published today: www.clteurope.org/newsandinsights/large-sitesclteurope.orgEuropean Community Land Trust NetworkProposals on transforming management of large housing-led sites in England and Europe. 030
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Great to see #RUSS in the Guardian's top 3 architectural highlights for 2024. Well deserved way to wrap up a successful year. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/dec/18/the-best-art-and-architecture-of-2024 #communitylandtrust #cohousing #ukhousing 0105
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Nice series from @georgiagould.bsky.social WECH is a great example of #residentcontrol in housing! more here www.communityledhousing.london/project/wech/ 010
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Great to check the #NPPF and find our comments taken on board! The new definition works for a range of #communityledhousing. Although wordy, it helps LPAs "seek opportunities through policies and decisions, to support small sites to come forward for community-led development for housing" (para 73) 021
Reposted by Community Led HomesTonic Housing @tonichousing.bsky.social · 13/12/2024We would like to take this opportunity to give a huge thank you to all our residents, friends, sponsors and supporters who helped us achieve this milestone 🩷 @clhlondon.bsky.social @barrowcadbury.bsky.social @trustforlondon.bsky.social @charitybank.bsky.social 042
Reposted by Community Led HomesDermot Mckibbin @dermotmckibbin.bsky.social · 09/12/2024This is an ex-garage site in #orpington that Clarion has agreed to sell to the newly formed Bromley Community Land trust. We need help to raise the money to buy it. Join us to provide permanently affordable housing @clhlondon.bsky.social 2169
Reposted by Community Led HomesRob Gershon @simplicitly.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Bigger social landlords are demonstrably worse now that there are measures rather than anecdotes. Does not fit with RSH's other remit to ensure financial viability, often through mergers. 402
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 16/11/2024A dreary construction photo, of a fantastic project: #RUSS #selfbuild #communitylandtrust Wonderful podcast demonstrating the challenges and the triumphs. #mustlisten 060
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Centre for Social Justice has a new report on loneliness and the built environment. Part of it is about good design, but also "the lack of control that many feel over the future of their communities" noting that "agency is the pathway to belonging". www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/library/lone...centreforsocialjustice.org.ukLonely Nation: How to tackle loneliness through the built environmentBritain is a lonely nation. CSJ polling finds that nearly six in ten adults feel lonely at least some of the time. This equates to 32 million people. 051
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 12/11/2024"The attraction of La Chalmeta #CoopHousing is not only its affordability but its community spirit"... www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.com‘They look like homes for rich people’: why Britain should look to Europe for its council housing revolutionOn the continent, stylish, sustainable, community-minded social housing is a given, and nowhere more so than in Spain 173
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 09/11/2024We are because they were. They will be because we are. #cooperatives Ana Aguirre #coophousing 031
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 07/11/2024Great news for #E16 #CLT as Newham Cabinet approve the transfer of a small site in Canning Town. Mayor Rokhsana Fiaz described it as "another housing milestone in Newham". It has been a long road! Well done to all for not giving up hope. #thirdtimelucky 020
Reposted by Community Led HomesNew Local @wearenewlocal.bsky.social · 21/10/2024🆕 Constructing Consensus: The case for community-powered development and regeneration In a report out today, we argue for a better system of development in England – one that fully involves and empowers communities in decision-making. buff.ly/4f6Ks7q 🧵👇buff.lyConstructing Consensus: The case for community-powered development and regenerationHow can community power unlock our fraught planning system? 1105
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 26/09/2024London #CommunityLandTrust AGM visiting their Cable Street site, and remembering the famous Battle at one of the great murals of London (up there with Sanford #HousingCoop) 063
Reposted by Community Led HomesRed Brick @redbrickblog.bsky.social · 09/09/2024📖 NEW ARTICLE | Planning reforms for small and community-led builders Tom Chance, Chief Executive of the Community Land Trusts Network, makes the case for reducing uncertainty in the planning system to encourage smaller businesses to build more homes. redbrickblog.co.uk/2024/09/plan...redbrickblog.co.ukPlanning reforms for small and community-led builders - Red BrickTom Chance, Chief Executive of the Community Land Trusts Network, makes the case for reducing uncertainty in the planning system to encourage smaller businesses to build more homes. 034
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 18/09/2024Over 10 million users! We were #2,382,852. Hope to see many more #communityledhousing groups, bodies, advisers, and supporters on here soon. 000
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 14/09/2024For London Open House Festival this weekend, architecture critic Olly Wainwright has selected several #communityledhousing schemes to take a closer look at! open-city.org.uk/blog/alterna...open-city.org.ukAlternative Housing curated by Oliver Wainwright — Open CityExplore Oliver Wainwright's collection on alternative ways of living in the city. 021
Community Led Homes @clhlondon.bsky.social · 20/08/2024More exciting than the American elections... The Rural Urban Synthesis Society is looking to elect a new chair. Anyone can get involved. Similar volunteering opportunities in all sorts of #communityledhousing organisations. They're also looking for a paid secretary. www.theruss.org/category/news/theruss.orgRUSS News | Rural Urban Synthesis SocietyMain news items for RUSS incl Church Grove 000